Illusions and Mirrors new born

llusions & Mirrors is a 2013 12-minute short film directed by Iranian-born American artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat. The film, shot in black-and-white, stars Tarek Aylouch, Michael Markiewicz, and the Israeli-born American actress Natalie Portman. The film was commissioned by Dior, for which Portman is a spokesmodel, for the Miss Dior Expo at the Grand Palais, Paris. Shirin Neshat said that the film is a tribute to the black-and-white silent films made by such surrealist filmmakers as Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, Luis Buñuel, and Maya Deren. The film traces the delusions of a young woman, played by Natalie Portman. She is making futile attempts to follow a phantom travelling through the dunes of an empty sea beach, and, when it comes to an encounter in an abandoned house at the end, the woman finds a disturbing surprise. A 2-minute version commissioned as a trailer for the Viennale Film Festival also exists under the same name.

Credits

Illusions and Mirrors Cast

Name	Character
Natalie Portman She was 43, now 43 years old

Illusions and Mirrors Crew

Name	Department
Darius Khondji as Director of Photography. He was 69 (now 69) years old	Camera
Shirin Neshat as Director. She was 67 (now 67) years old	Directing