This is the main vision behind Archie's adventure. He is old and fed up with money, politics and religions as they grow in numbers but not in the ideal form to preach "unification" as the eternal and ultimate goal of life in his opinion.

Therefore he selects seven servants to complete his life cycle. Isn't it an immensely strange feeling to be connected to someone else's body? Weren't we really all connected in the beginning? Isn't it true that both mother and child scream in pain at birth and before they separate? The day the first child on earth comes to life with "laughter" is when we are all connected, and that's why Archie in his round bed rotates back to the womb in infinity.

Daryush Shokof

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Daryush Shokof was born in Tehran in 1954 and moved to the United States when he was 15. After graduating from university in physics and mathematics, he attended the New York School of the Arts. In 1985, he settled in Germany to pursue a career as painter and sculptor - his innovative style, both humorous and philosophical, opened the way to "Maximalism."

Returning to New York, he wrote his first film scripts and discovered video and film as forms of expression. In 1994, he directed his first feature film, Dogs Are Not Allowed, the story about a wanna-be prophet's daily views about everything. With Seven Servants, Shokof's passionate aim is to urge and persuade the inhabitants of this planet to create bonds of peace and harmony.

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Seven Servants
Stern on Seven Servants
Asudem
SmoQing