Acting
The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
Pizza man Hussein is a daily witnesses to the unjust distribution of wealth in his native Iran. One day, he finds a purse filled with shockingly expensive receipts from an upscale jewelry store. He attempts to bring the purse back to the store, but because of his working-class attire, he's not allowed inside. Then, during a delivery, a rich man invites Hussein into his extravagant mansion – an event that spurs Hussein to make a desperate bid for wealth.
An unrepentant prodigal son straight out of a Russian jail returns to his hometown, Asht, to help his mother die with dignity. But his debts in his hometown are many and long overdue, the townspeople are tough as nails, and he soon gets more than he expected from the quiet village. In this dark comedy, his third feature, writer-director Jamshed Usmonov cast the population of Asht as its own persuasive self and his own mother and brother as the fractured yet formidable domestic couple.
Is a city like a ruthless jungle where happy middle class man can get killed without any good reasons? Or is it more like a merciful nest where a patient with terminal condition can get transplantation to be given a new life? Romish has only a few months left due to his cardiomyopathy. This orphaned guy hopelessly struggles everyday with evasion and anger hanging out with gangs. At last he happens to kill Shahzod who enjoyed moment of his life about to remarry with a devoted woman. By an irony of fate, Shahzod’s heart is transplanted to Romish. Shahzod’s father tries to embrace Romish as a new son, but the revealing truth gets everybody into jeopardy.
The plot of the play "Modern Bride" essentially revolves around the lives of Rustam and Max. These two students possess completely opposing characteristics - Rustam is calm and composed, whereas Max is lively and restless. Both of them study in the faculty of construction. Apart from studying at university, Rustam also works at a car repair shop. Following some strange events, he meets a city girl named Sabina, who always speaks in Russian and does not know the Tajik language. Sabina, having grown up in the city and not knowing the Tajik language, endures the difficult and challenging life of Rustam's village and its harsh realities due to her immense love, ultimately achieving success.
