The Son and the Moon

A Danish-Iranian filmmaker's courageous and honest journey through six years with cancer, love, and the creation of a colossal life project: mapping out her family's dramatic history. Existential poetry without filters, featuring an unforgettable woman in front of (and behind) the camera.

Danish-Iranian filmmaker Roja faces the most challenging period of her 36-year life. Pregnant with her son Oskar, she is diagnosed with incurable cancer. Amidst it all, she must try to find herself. "The Son and the Moon" captures her journey over six dramatic years, where she candidly documents her everyday life and thoughts on living with a disease that could cost her everything. How does one live when precious time on Earth may run out too soon? However, Roja is the last to feel sorry for herself. She immerses herself in being present and decides to map out her Iranian heritage and her family's dramatic history. A history that took a new turn when her politically engaged parents fled Iran after the revolution and ended up in Denmark.

"The Son and the Moon" is least of all a film in the shadow of death. It is an unexpected love story and a brave (self)portrait of a woman who is simultaneously a mother, wife, daughter, and above all, an artist.