Shesh-Besh: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Play Backgammon

Shesh-Besh: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Play Backgammon

--/10
0h54min
2013Documentary

Where to watch


This film is not yet available anywhere. Click the button below to recommend it to Filmelier+.

An Iranian woman explores life's meaning through the game of backgammon amidst cultural perceptions.

Hint: In a race across the US heartland, a red car discovers the true meaning of friendship.

movie_of_the_day_game

Think you can guess today's movie? 🤔

Movie of the day

One hint, 6 chances, and a new movie to guess every day

Watch full movies online

Press play and be surprised!

Surprise me
Games cannot be set apart from reality. One's entire life may be seen as something of a game, on a greater scale and with different types of roles. A game can be really diversion if taken as seriously as life within the frame of the game. Thus if you concede that seen from within a game is never mere recreation, rather only trifling on the outside, then there is perhaps still a chance to truly see your real life played as a player positioned within to some other game. This film starts with the game of Thakhte-Nard (Backgammon) tries to move beyond that. It looks at people and their views on this originally Iranian game that has gained popularity across the region, in an attempt to examine the way people in our part of the world perceive reality and their lives as a whole.