A revelation from behind the scenes of virtual branches

Theater News Base: Shahed Ahmadlou, who has experience in acting in many films and series, is currently making his latest film as a director called “Ant Eater” on the screens of cinemas. This film, after “Cinema Donkey” (Mashmsheh), which criticized cinema in the language of humor, is another work that has approached the subject of cyberspace with the same humorous look, which has been hotly debated in recent weeks due to the protection plan.

Earlier it was reported that “Ant-eater” will be released in July, but the release time came in March, and Shahed Ahmadlou said: The schedule for the release of this film was at the discretion of the producer and his diagnosis was that the film at this time It was definitely important for us to calm down due to the corona outbreak, and fortunately we see that the situation has improved a bit. Although the release at this time may be risky due to the approach of the new year and the volume of work at the end of the year, but according to the feedback I received from people in a few chances, fortunately, if it was not beyond our expectations, it must be as expected. have been.

The film has sold more than 280 million tomans in about a week so far, and Ahmadlou expresses hope that by reducing the sixth peak of the corona and increasing the authorized capacity of cinema ticket sales, more audiences will go to the cinema. He recalls that despite having a capacity of half the capacity of some of the other films being screened, the sales of the film are acceptable and as the chances and theaters increase, more audiences will watch the film.

Ahmadlou added: “Soon, city billboards will be installed to promote the film.” TV teasers are also set to air. Of course, television has its own rules and frameworks for playing teasers, but anyway, I am a child of television and because of what I did on TV, I am more familiar with the rules and I hope the teasers are broadcast well.

“Ant-eater” is a social satire that tells the story of a person who happens to be one of the stars of the virtual world by a simple and even stupid coincidence, he said. This film shows what we see in cyberspace. Perhaps it would be better to say that “The Ant-eater” is a revelation about the behind-the-scenes life of the empty branches of the virtual branches, as we said in the synopsis of the film so as not to make fools famous.

He said: ‌ All the movies I made, even if they were comedies, must have had layers of the reality of our lives as human beings, and this movie, like “How many times do you cry” or even “Cinema Donkey” narrates its words in a humorous language? But there is a thinking behind it about the “anteater” that most audiences relate to.

Ahmadlou, noting that “cyberspace creates a taste for the audience and therefore the” ant eater “is informative, added:” This film is very similar to the virtual world, that is, as in the search (explorer) section of Instagram, films with different topics You see, this diversity is also taken into account in the structure of the ant-eating film, and in addition, we tried to make a decent and polite film for a wide range of cinema audiences.

In the end, he said about his predictions about the release of the film in the coming days, considering the imminent start of the Nowruz release: “Ant-eater” will definitely open its way and we believe that most of the audience who go to this film will like it. . However, according to the decision of the union council, the screening of this film will be on screen until June.

Nasrin Moghanloo, Mehdi Koushki, Maral Farjad, Linda Kiani, Reza Shafiei-Jam, Nima Shahrokh Shahi, Shahin Taslimi, Iman Ishraqi and Khatereh Hatami have played in “Ant Eater”.