A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse. Progressing along a rough timeline from birth to death, each story is shot in a static camera angle as a single petitioner negotiates with an authority figure hovering just outside of frame, who is practiced in the language of doublespeak.
Unfortunately the movie Terrestrial Verses is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Iman Tavakoli | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Masoud Fayazzadeh | Music |
| Production | Reyhaneh Rad | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Ehsan Vaseghi | Editor |
| Art | Hamed Aslani | Set Designer |
| Sound | Alireza Alavian | Sound Designer |
| Visual Effects | Kamyar Shafipour | Visual Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Morvarid Kashiyan | Costume Designer |
| Production | Mohammad Askari | Production Manager |
| Sound | Abdolreza Heydari | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mehdi Sayad | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Iman Bazyar | Sound |
| Production | Cyrus Neshvad | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Alireza Khatami | Director |
| Directing | Ali Asgari | Director |
| Writing | Alireza Khatami | Writer |
| Writing | Ali Asgari | Writer |
| Camera | Adib Sobhani | Director of Photography |
| Production | Ali Asgari | Producer |
| Production | Milad Khosravi | Producer |
| Production | Alireza Khatami | Co-Producer |
