The Deer (Church of Film)

Ghodrat, a wounded urban guerilla fighter, returns to his childhood neighborhood to seek shelter from the police. He finds Seyed, the man who taught him everything he knows about standing up for his principles and on behalf of the vulnerable–but Seyed is a shadow of his former self, a hopeless addict and loser, living in the slums. The unlikely reunion of the two friends forces Seyed to reflect on what has become of him, while the police draw nearer to Ghodrat.

THE DEER is the most revolutionary film of the Iranian New Wave, censored innumerable times and banned to this day in Iran. For the first time it has been restored to its full length and with its original ending! The ending rewritten and shot at the behest of the Pahlavi censors will also be included after the film for comparison.