The Son and the Moon

A beautiful and touching insight into filmmaker Rojas' battle with cancer, and her strong desire for her son to connect with his mother's homeland, Iran.

In this moving documentary, directed by Emilie Adelina Monies and Roja Pakari, they turn the camera on themselves. The Danish-Iranian director Roja has become pregnant and developed incurable cancer in the bone marrow. This is her journey over six years. She not only fights against her frailty, but also bets on a normal life, and wants to live it in all its normal rhythms. 

The film is deep-dive into her Iranian origins and family background, which opened a new chapter when her politically engaged parents fled Iran and ended up in Denmark. This is a deeply personal film, where she will give everything to her young son Oskar. A sad (but also somewhat hopeful) story about a mother's love for her son and her original background.

On Living with Incurable Cancer // NOV 14

After the screening of THE SON AND THE MOON on Thursday November 14 at 17:15 there will be a conversation about what it’s like to live with incurable cancer. The film's director will be present for the conversation alongside Inger Lindholt and Heidi Brorson from the Norwegian Cancer Society.

The conversation is done in collaboration with the Norwegian Cancer Society.

Director

Roja Pakari (f. 1981) er født i Iran, kom til Danmark med foreldrene i 1984 som politiske flyktninger, og vokste opp i Nørrebro og Hvidovre. Hun har regissert flere musikkvideoer og TV-prosjekter, har vært assistert Eva Mulvad med å lage den prisvinnende dokumentaren Love Child, og er mentor i NGOen The Soulfuls. The Son and the Moon er Rojas debutfilm og vant Nordic:DOX-prisen på CPH:DOX. Filmen er også nominert til Nordisk råds filmpris.

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