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A House Built on Water (Khanei ruye ab) is the second post-revolution film of the Iranian director Bahman Farman-Ara. At the beginning of the film, the main character injures a young angel with his car in an accident on a road. The viewers understand from the start that the film deals with surrealism and mystic work. However, there is not much of this; more than 90% of the film reflects only touchable realities. The protagonist, Dr. Sepid-bakht (literary: blank-future, good-fortune, or good-end), a middle-aged gynaecologist, has good, no-good and bad attributes – as do most humans. This film of Farman-Ara was well received by the judges of the International Fajr Film-Festival of Tehran (2002) and won many prizes, i.e. as the best Iranian film and because of the best actor (Reza Kijanijan). Dr. Sepid-bakht: Reza Kianian Doctor’s father: Ezzat-ol-lah Entezami Doctor’s son, Mani: Mehdi Safavi Doctor’s secretary: Hedye Tehrani Head-nurse: Bita Farrahi
