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Completed - FARSI - Drama - 90 minutes

Log Line

Iran nowadays. The destiny of a man, Arash, caught in the whirlwind of intrigue and family vengeance.
A modern "Cain and Abel" in a « respectable family ».

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2012 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Massoud BAKHSHI
Writer(s) : Massoud BAKHSHI
Cast : Ahoo KHERADMAND, Babak HAMIDIAN, Mehrdad SEDIGHIAN

Producer(s) : Mohammad AFARIDEH (Firroozei Films), Jacques BIDOU (JBA Production), Marianne DUMOULIN (JBA Production)

Synopsis

Arash is an Iranian academic who lives in the West. He returns to Iran to teach in Chiraz, a city far from Tehran where his mother lives. Drawn into a series of domestic and financial dramas, he is reminded of the hardships of his childhood at the start of the Iran-Iraq War in 1981. Following the death of his father and the discovery of what his « respectable family » has become, he is obliged to make choices.

Production

Country(ies) : IRAN, FRANCE

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Festivals and Awards

Directors' Fortnight 2012 Directors' Fortnight
Abu Dhabi FF 2012 - New Horizons (Black Pearl Award)


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