Synopsis
Melody teaches music at a children cancer center for thirty children which are going to have a party at the end of autumn. Melody is to compose a piece using the sounds of thirty different birds. As she goes to her home village to record the birdsong and is helped by the mute care taker of the family home, Mango. When they find just 20 birds, Mango makes Melody understand that only the old village singer knows where the other birds are, but bird hunters have forced him out of the village. Melody sets out to find both him and the missing birds.
Director
Behrouz Sebt Rasoul is an Iranian director, screenwriter, and producer. He graduated as an Industrial Engineer but has pivoted toward the film industry since 2008. His latest film, Melody (2023) has been submitted by Tajikistan in 2024 Oscars, the country’s first entry in 18 years.