Oblivion Verses (French: Les Versets de l'oubli, Spanish: Los versos del olvido) is a 2017 drama film written and directed by Iranian filmmaker Alireza Khatami, in his feature film debut.
A co-production between France, Germany, Netherlands and Chile, the film was entered into the Horizons competition at the 74th edition of the Venice Film Festival, winning the prize for best screenplay.
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Cast
Juan Margallo as the morgue attendant
Manuel Moron as the hearse driver
Itziar Aizpuru as the old woman
Tomás del Estal as the gravedigger
Julio Jung as the archive man
Gonzalo Robles as the cemetery administrator
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 83% of 6 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.0/10.