316

　　A witty tongue-in-cheek look at the ups and downs of Iran’s contemporary history through one woman’s obsession, the film recounts the cradle-to-grave tale of the 316 pairs of shoes its fictional narrator owned in her lifetime. Director Haghani brings a huge sense of humor and rich imagination to this colorful animation-studded diary that stretches from his protagonist’s birth in the time of the Shah through the turmoil of the 1979 revolution and beyond, as a life’s journey and a nation’s milestones are whimsically marked by evolving needs in footwear.