Acting
Mahin lives alone in Tehran since her husband’s death and her daughter’s departure for Europe, until an afternoon tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalize her love life.
Several young couples' calm marriages are disturbed when a woman enters their lives.
Mina's life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed, so she starts a silent battle against a cynical system for her own and her daughter's sake.
The Man with the Glasses is the story of a man named Halim Rahayyah, who cleans the park's restrooms. After being fired for charging people, his protest is recorded and widely viewed on social media. The police arrest him, and in prison he realizes that he bears a striking resemblance to a terrorist wanted by the Pentagon named Wolf, a terrorist who has a $30,000 reward for his capture. This resemblance gets him involved in strange and adventurous adventures, to the point where even his father decides to turn him in for the reward...
A school teacher from Tehran is preparing to attend a wedding in northern Iran. When her husband suddenly forbids her to go, she makes a choice that will place her on a painful path to atonement.
After a decade of economic austerity, a middle class couple has managed to buy an apartment on the outskirts of Tehran - but financial issues and the traps of married life catch them and they must now face the consequences of their separation: divorce, and everything that it implies.
Amir and Mahi, a wealthy couple trapped in a crumbling marriage filled with doubt and secrecy. Battling a severe midlife crisis and an intense phobia of loss, Amir retreats into a heavy silence. The family's fragile dynamic reaches a breaking point when their teenage daughter, Sadaf, decides to leave for a music festival in Paris, forcing Amir to choose between holding his family together or fulfilling her dream.
Sarah is leaving Teheran for three years to study for her doctorate in Canada. Her flight is at 6 am. After an emotionally fraught final dinner with her family, she heads to an impromptu farewell party at her friend Farida’s apartment, intending to go straight to the airport afterwards. That plan implodes, however, when the morality police swoop in. Drinks are emptied, musical instruments hidden and women put on their overcoats, while Sarah is seized with terror that they will all be arrested – and she, of course, will miss her plane. Mehran Modiri, Iran’s popular satirist, who also has a chilling cameo as a police hostage negotiator, proves here that he is just as at home with a nail-biting drama.
It is the story of a boy and a girl who decide to go to people's weddings for fun and have fun...
Student Fereshteh has to hide her illegitimate baby for one night from her parents who turn up for a surprise visit. Her friend Atefeh helps her. They embark on an odyssey through Tehran during which they must carefully weigh up who their allies are.
On a cold winter’s night in modern Tehran, a couple of young lovers run into a serious problem, and they have just a few hours to come up with a solution. They go from hospital to hospital in search for help, but none of the hospitals will admit the young woman and provide her with the medical attention she desperately requires. While they try hard to find a way to solve the problem, they have to hide what is happening from their parents. Moreover, their relationship is facing a crisis and will suffer dire consequences. Caught between conservative traditions and modern day desires, the couple must face their uncertain future.
A complex and sometimes combative exchange at an Iranian broadcaster over a certain Hollywood blockbuster disguises deeper ruptures, in Farnoosh Samadi’s wry and subtly provocative drama.
