A twelve-year-old Texan, after the death of his leukemic older brother, inherits the responsibility of keeping alive the oral history of their illustrious ancestor, the 11th-century Persian poet, astronomer, and mathemetician. Most of the film is made up of reverential re-enactments from the Great Man's life, not lavishly, but adequately produced. Past and present are equally stiff and flat. With Bruno Lastra, Christopher Simpson, Moritz Bleibtreu, Rade Serbedzija, Vanessa Redgrave, and Adam Echahly; directed by Kayvan Mashayekh. (2005) — Duncan Shepherd
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