Completed - FARSI - Drama - 102 minutes
Three disenchanted characters: an ex-champion bodybuilder, an overweight beauty clinic secretary, and a dispirited religious singer, yearn for love and connection in a city that does not embrace them.
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Ali JABERANSARI Cast : Forough GHAJABEGLI, Mehdi SAKI, Amir HESSAM BAKHTIAR, Behnaz JAFARI Producer(s) : Babak JALALI (Here & There Productions Ltd.), Marleen SLOT (Viking Film), Mohammad AHMADI (KAVIR FILM), Maryam NAJAFI
Three lonely people, each looking for love in their own ways. This is hard enough in any big city – never mind in Tehran, where individual freedoms can’t be taken for granted. In a sexy voice on the telephone, an overweight receptionist seduces men who wouldn’t look twice at her real 'me'. In revenge, her sexy alter ego stands up every single one of the dates she makes. A former bodybuilding champion now earns a living as a personal trainer. When he gets a promising young sportsman as a client, he drops everything else; even a very promising acting job for a well-known French director. A singer at religious funerals is dumped by his fiancée. He tries to find new purpose in life by retraining as a singer at weddings and parties. That’s a lot more attractive to women, his friend assures him.
Country(ies) : IRAN, UNITED KINGDOM
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