{{Short description|2017 film}} {{Infobox film | name = | image = Oblivion Verses.png | caption = | director = [[Alireza Khatami]] | screenplay = Alireza Khatami | producer = | starring = [[Juan Margallo]] | cinematography = Antoine Héberlé | editing = Florent Mangeot | music = | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2017}} | runtime = | country = | language = Spanish | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Oblivion Verses''''' ({{Langx|fr|Les Versets de l'oubli}}, {{Langx|es|Los versos del olvido}}) is a 2017 drama film written and directed by Iranian filmmaker [[Alireza Khatami]], in his feature film debut.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mintzer |first1=Jordan |title='Oblivion Verses' ('Los Versos del Olvido'): Film Review {{!}} Venice 2017 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/oblivion-verses-los-versos-del-olvido-review-1031938/ |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=2 September 2017 |archive-date=24 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724180309/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/oblivion-verses-los-versos-del-olvido-review-1031938/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kiang |first1=Jessica |title=Film Review: 'Oblivion Verses' |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/oblivion-verses-review-1202864480/ |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=18 July 2018 |archive-date=25 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625212936/https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/oblivion-verses-review-1202864480/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
A co-production between France, Germany, Netherlands and Chile, the film was entered into the [[Orizzonti|Horizons]] competition at the [[74th Venice International Film Festival|74th edition]] of the [[Venice Film Festival]], winning the prize for best screenplay.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Staff |first1= |title='The Shape Of Water' wins Venice Golden Lion |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/the-shape-of-water-wins-venice-golden-lion/5122199.article |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=[[Screen International]] |date=9 September 2017 |language=en |archive-date=24 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724180310/https://www.screendaily.com/news/the-shape-of-water-wins-venice-golden-lion/5122199.article |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Plot == {{No plot|date=July 2024}}
== Cast ==
* [[Juan Margallo]] as the morgue attendant * Manuel Moron as the hearse driver * Itziar Aizpuru as the old woman * Tomás del Estal as the gravedigger * [[Julio Jung]] as the archive man * [[Gonzalo Robles]] as the cemetery administrator
==Reception== {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|83|6.0|6}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Oblivion Verses |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oblivion_verses |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=24 July 2024 |language=en |archive-date=8 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908135549/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oblivion_verses |url-status=live }}</ref>
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