Sweeping wide shot of a tall, slender cypress tree at the edge of a luminous Persian garden at clear morning, its elegant form perfectly still while rose bushes and jasmine sway gently in the breeze around it…Extreme close-up of a single fresh rose bloom and a white jasmine sprig resting side by side on a Persian cobalt-tile surface, morning dew catching the cool daylight…Intimate medium shot of a young Iranian woman in soft rose-coloured silk, her profile lit by gentle overcast daylight in a tiled courtyard…Extreme close-up, low angle looking up, of a single dark, spiralling curl of black hair against a background of luminous white muslin, the curl twisting like a calligraphic letter…Wide overhead shot looking straight down into the labyrinthine folds of a dark silk garment spread on a Persian carpet of deep crimson and indigo, a tiny glowing oil lamp placed at the centre of the maze of fabric…Medium shot, framed through a pointed Persian arch, of a young Iranian woman standing in a sun-drenched courtyard, her brow arched elegantly as she looks away; a supplicant's hands — graceful, male, in pale linen…Wide, low-angle shot of a garden path in soft golden afternoon light, a trailing hem of embroidered silk just lifting off the terracotta tiles as if a figure has just passed…Medium close-up of a cluster of violet flowers (بنفشه) in a Persian garden, their petals curling and rippling in a morning breeze, cool blue-purple against fresh green leaves glistening with dew…Cinematic medium shot of a silver-adorned Iranian woman — the cupbearer — pouring dark wine from an ornate Persian ewer into a wide-mouthed jade-green cup held up like an open mouth…Wide, radiant shot of an Iranian man in classical dress lying peacefully on his back in a sun-flooded garden of full-bloom roses and jasmine, eyes closed in surrender…
