The Tank 2002

public performance, Molavi hall, 2002

The Tank (Makhzan)

The Tank unfolds within the confines of a family. The father owns a petrol station in a country whose fuel reserves have been exhausted. His two sons from his first marriage work at the station, while he plans to emigrate with his second wife and their family, leaving the two brothers behind in this abandoned land.

Structured as a crime melodrama, The Tank leaves its audiences with a lasting sense of suspense and unease. Its atmosphere of psychological tension has remained one of the production’s defining qualities in the memories of those who experienced it. The production was rehearsed for seven months with the same ensemble of actors. Because its run coincided with the public performances of Nefertiti, the production