Veninger, IngridKeymanesh, Alireza2024-11-072024-11-072024-09-232024-11-07https://hdl.handle.net/10315/42503Mutual Pain is a 29-minute, nonlinear, experimental psychodrama film about love's pain, social violence, and the effect of anxiety on perception. ​​​​​​ On a pitch-black night, John realizes that his wife had an affair with a mutual friend a few years before. There is now a big question mark over their child’s parentage. Storming out, he finds himself on an intense one-night mysterious journey. The voyage takes him to various places – the street, party club, bar, gambling room, etc. – where he finds himself in a maze of peculiar human beings and incidents. He experiences intense emotional, intellectual, and physical stimulation. Having lost everything and been beaten brutally by a thief, he falls motionless to the ground. Night becomes day. A beggar takes his shoes. Barefoot, he maniacally runs toward the forest. He is guided to his house where he lies down beside his wife in their bed. ‘John, John!’ She calls his name while giving him an intimate hug. ‘Shall we please be silent?’ he answers back. ​​Author owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.Film studiesPsychologyDanceElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2024-11-07FilmCinemaMutual painExperimental artExperimental cinemaDanceDance filmContemporary danceContemporary dance filmCine dancePsychologyPsychodramaClownViolenceSocial violenceSocial justiceTheaterEditNonlinear narrative cinemaNonlinear narrative literatureLiteraturePoemPoetryRumiShamloo, AhmadIran cinemaIranian underground cinemaIranian underground artistsIranian experimental cinemaIranian filmmakersShort filmFilmmakingFilmmakerKarczag, EvaExperimental filmmakingMusicCriticSocial criticismLynch, DavidScorsese, MartinCassavetes, JohnIñárritu, Alejandro GonzálezHitchcock, AlfredKeymanesh, AlirezaMalick, TerrenceTarantino, QuentinMeditationDreamCastaneda, CarlosMagical PassesThe Power of SilenceThe Art of DreamingArt and dreamPerceptionShift of perceptionTraumaAnxietyPsychophysical ActingStanislavski, ConstantinWritingWriterThe Meaning of AnxietyMay, RolloCutting RhythmsPearlman, KarenTzu, LaoTao Te ChingHancock, HerbieShorter, WayneDeleuze, GillesCarver, RaymondWill You Please Be Quiet, Please?Burrows, JonathanA Choreographer’s HandbookChoreographyBrannigan, ErinBernard, AndréSteinmüller, WolfgangStricker, UrsulaIdeokinesisSomatic movementMovementHuman bodyBodyNudeNudismNaturismNew Wave of cinemaAvantgardMistakeMake mistakeEnergyEinsteinNarrativeNarrative cinemaIndependent artIndependent cinemaIndie artIndie cinemaUnityFruit and artSymbolismFearCinema and fearSubconsciousConsciousnessSubconscious by means of consciousAn Actor PreparesShamanShamanistic artSorcerySorcerersSelf-confrontationSelf-alienationPhytogramsBirthDeathRotten lifeKierkegaardMysteryMysticismLoveLove in cinemaPeaceWarLove’s painPainSpiritualitySpiritualPomegranatePerformative art