Persia · Literature
The Conference of the Birds
Farid ud-Din Attar · 1177
Attar's allegorical masnavi sends thirty birds across seven valleys to seek a king who proves to be their own annihilated reflection, the foundational template Khemir's film breathes through. Each embedded tale within tale mirrors the film's nested storytelling, where a parable does not explain the path but is the path.