In the Eye of the Storm spans the period of history between the revolutionary movement begun by Iran's national hero Mirza Koochak Khan in the early twentieth century, to the freedom of Khoramshahr during the eight-year war between Iran and Iraq in the 1980s. The story is told through the trials and tribulations, love and relationships of one family.
00:11It was eight minutes to eleven in the morning.
00:14That's all I remember.
00:17It was Laylee herself.
00:20Pale.
00:22The bullet holes the firing squad put in her were clearly visible.
00:30One of the bullets had hit her straight in the heart.
00:36The photographer had taken the picture with such artistic commitment.
00:40It turned her chin to the right carefully.
00:45They must have wiped off the blood splattered on her face.
00:52If her eyes had been open,
00:55maybe I would have seen that even in those last moments,
00:59that royal Ishik's eyes still had her eyes fixed on those insurmountable peaks.
01:05Maybe in her eyes I would have seen regret.
01:09Hey Bajan!
01:11Hey lazy boy!
01:13Are you here to jog or are you just gonna stare at the birds?
01:16I was waiting for a nice lady to pass by.
01:22Well looks like you're running out of luck there Casanova.
01:26Aren't you a little bit old for that?
01:30Not if you have dinner with me tonight.
01:32Only if you promise to take me to a Persian restaurant.
01:36I prefer seafood.
01:37I prefer seafood.
01:38Not Japanese again.
01:40If you accept my invitation,
01:42I promise to treat you to the best seafood in town.
01:44With caviar and crackers?
01:46Even better.
01:48Iranian caviar and Russian bellini.
01:50You've got a date!
02:20Iranian caviar Constantin
02:22No, Delta.
02:23Please sit down.
02:25I guess that's why now I feel so old before my time.
02:55Yesterday, when I was young, the taste of life was sweet, as rain upon my tongue, I teased at night, as if it were for a game, the way of the evening breeze, great teas of candle flame.
03:25I don't know.
04:54I didn't think you were coming. You're late.
04:58I'm not late.
05:01Good morning. I didn't think you were coming. You're late.
05:05Good morning, doctor.
05:07Good morning, Paula.
05:11How's your husband?
05:12He's good.
05:14Still working on his sports car?
05:15As usual.
05:17Yeah, my dad is still working on the car.
05:20Yeah, your dad likes sports cars.
05:22So these fish are getting pretty fat.
05:25Yeah, since you've been feeding the fish, they're pretty fat.
05:31Come on, honey. We have to go.
05:34Okay.
05:34Bye, doctor.
05:40Thank you, Dr. Bijan.
05:42See you tomorrow.
05:44See you tomorrow, okay?
05:46Bye, Dr. Bijan.
05:48One might ask, why, with this one small portion of our body,
06:11we must apply so many names.
06:15The truth is, we humans are afraid of getting lost.
06:21So we must name everything surrounding us,
06:24every physical aspect, emotion, concept,
06:28be given name.
06:29Why, sir?
06:31To overcome our fears.
06:34Which makes us feel we are masters of the universe.
06:39All these concepts, good and evil,
06:43actually come from our master.
06:47The brain.
06:49Anybody still awake?
06:51How about you, Jim?
06:54Okay.
06:55That's enough for today.
06:56See you next week.
07:01Knock, knock.
07:03Anybody there?
07:07Are you looking for anyone in particular?
07:10Yes, I'm looking for a patient who desperately needs my help.
07:14Then, you'd better go next door.
07:17No, I'm sure I have the right door.
07:20The problem is, my patient's always in denial.
07:23Are you coming or not, Casanova?
07:25As you can see, I have more important things to do
07:28than chasing pretty girls like you.
07:30You charming old fool.
07:32Let's go.
07:33The thesis chair is waiting.
07:35All right.
07:35Let's go.
07:36Let's go.
07:36Let's go.
07:36Let's go.
07:38How's it going?
08:06How's it going?
08:06All right.
08:11Hi, doctor.
08:15How are you doing?
08:27How easy, Janet?
08:28He's responding well to medication,
08:30and he looks much better today, doctor.
08:32And how are you doing?
08:34I'm okay.
08:35My mother called.
08:36She's doing much better.
08:39That's great.
08:40Has Philip proposed yet?
08:42Oh, no.
08:44He likes things just the way they are.
08:47Just living together.
08:48Oh, those French guys.
08:49Huh.
09:02Hey, cowboy.
09:04What's up today?
09:05Howdy, Dr. Prick.
09:06Missed you.
09:07Where were we last week?
09:09Feeding the cows?
09:10Well, at least I was doing some unproductive.
09:12By the way,
09:13how many patients were killed last week?
09:15Uh-uh.
09:18Not enough.
09:20You didn't come by.
09:22Over my dead body.
09:24Hey, you gonna take that puny thing up in the air today?
09:27How did you teach your cows how to fly?
09:31Seems like she needs some milking.
09:32Hey, maybe you need a push.
09:34You want me to push it for you?
09:36Just trying to catch me, cowboy.
09:40When you're going to a nose dive,
09:42just holler for help.
09:44I'll be here with a safety net for you.
09:47Yee-haw!
09:48Yee-haw!
09:49Yee-haw!
10:03Yee-haw!
10:08Yee-haw!
11:38Insights, something is bothering you.
11:41What I don't know is why you're hiding it from me.
11:48Knock, knock.
11:50Come on, say it.
11:52What do you want me to say?
11:53Does it really bother you that much?
11:56No, I'm just trying to find the best way to say what I have to say.
12:00Okay.
12:01I'm not going to twist your arm, so take your time.
12:05Do you really want to know the truth?
12:08Yeah, at least your version of it.
12:10All right.
12:11I've erased my memory box.
12:13I am what I am.
12:14You're right now.
12:16So can we go get some coffee now?
12:18Big wishful lies, Bajon.
12:20It's not going to work.
12:23Believe me, I'm an expert.
12:25You know, like it or not, we're all machines of the same factory, but with different brands and different sizes and different colors.
12:37But more or less, we all have the same memory boxes.
12:44I'm sorry if I upset you, but I don't like to dig up the old graveyard that's my past.
12:51I don't keep anything that binds me to yesterday.
12:54I prefer to live here and now.
12:57Is that clear?
13:00Bajon, you can't erase your past.
13:03It does not come with a key.
13:07You can try and bundle your memories and push them in the dark corners of your subconscious mind.
13:18But every now and then, there's going to be some familiar sound or smell or object that's going to open that box.
13:24And there you are, haunted by your memories again.
13:27No, not me.
13:29You can test your theory on your other clients.
13:31I'm not your client now.
13:33I just wanted to invite you for a cup of coffee.
13:35Yes, but I want to know more about you, Bajon.
13:39Knowing me for five years is not enough.
13:43You know, sometimes you can know another person after just a few days or even a few hours if they're willing to talk.
13:50I am talking.
13:52I'm expressing myself.
13:53So for God's sake, let's go and have that coffee.
13:55I'd like to believe you, Bajon.
14:01So?
14:06I wish that I had no interest in you.
14:14I've lost my faith in men a long time ago.
14:17And I'm frightened right now.
14:34Sometimes I lay awake at night, scared to close my eyes because I know that the moment I do,
14:40I'm going to hear the voices of my best friend and my ex-husband creep up from my memory boxes and hunt me down.
14:53I see myself, a young newlywed,
14:57standing in the doorway of my bedroom,
14:59like a rabbit petrified with fear,
15:04shaking as I stared into a snake's eyes.
15:10As I watched the two people I loved the most in my life
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