From the director: An Object at Rest follows the life of a stone as it travels over the course of millennia, facing nature's greatest obstacle: human civilization. My final thesis film at CalArts!
Two airport employees. One checks X-ray images, the other works on the airfield. After one slips a note to the other, they meet up in their break. Throughout the night, they search for ways to show their affection for each other.
West Berlin, 1967: Shirin’s husband is desperate for her to make a good impression on his new German work colleagues, but protests against the Shah of Iran’s visit to Berlin and a misunderstanding about a missing ring cast suspicion on the Middle Easterners, sending the party spiralling into disaster.
