Tara Aghdashloo

When their car breaks down on the way back to London, a young couple hitch a ride with a lorry driver. The journey reveals the cracks in their relationship as three worlds collide in unexpected ways.

A young receptionist forms a coincidental bond with a patient over the phone, who helps her reconnect with the world and her place in it.

Hassan is an airport customs officer who needs a salary advance to buy his mother’s medication. While dealing with various passengers, the dark side of his job becomes clear. Ultimately Hassan must decide what matters to him the most, and at what cost.

“Chiaroscuro” begins as an intimate portrait of one of Iran’s most influential artists, Aydin Aghdashloo, but becomes a search for a father’s heart.