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- Twenty somethings Amir and Narges have found what feels like true love in their hometown by the coast of the Caspian sea. But in today's Iran that's far from enough to build a life together, and they are forced to keep the relationship secret. To win over Narges' upper class family and pay an appropriate dowry, Amir needs money, and he needs it fast. With his back against the wall, Amir finds work at a local fishery, where he is drawn into the dangerous but lucrative business of black market caviar smuggling. As Amir's values are compromised by the illegal underworld, Narges stalls for time and tries to delay the arranged marriage her parents are planning for her. Can their love, hopes and dreams survive the tightly knit web of tradition, corruption, and social hierarchy that continues to rule over the lives of a new generation in Iran?
- "Mother married a photo of Father," says director Firouzeh Khosrovani in the opening of this deeply personal documentary. She's not speaking metaphorically though. Her mother Tayi literally married a portrait of Hossein in Teheran -he was in Switzerland studying radiology and was unable to travel back to his homeland for the wedding. The event illustrates the abyss that still exists in their marriage: Hossein is a secular progressive and Tayi a devout, traditional Muslim. But this family history is also a sort of x-ray, laying bare the conflicts of Iranian society in the run-up to, and aftermath of the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Besides Khosrovani's commentary, we hear letters being read aloud and recollections of conversations between her parents. At the same time, we see photographs and videos from the family archive. These fragments of intimacy are interspersed with stylized shots of the filmmaker's parental home, its decor and furnishings subtly reflecting each new phase in her parents' marriage-and in Iranian society. Credit: IDFA 2020.
- Mahi and Pouya are in a trip. In the morning ,they face with the dead bodies of their friends(CO poisoning) and find out that they're the reason for the death of them. Pouya decides to "run" but Mahi decides to "Stay" Between arguing.
- In the desolate expanse of the Lut Desert, a van with seven passengers travels along a quiet, smooth road. Shortly after their journey begins, they make a chilling discovery-a body inside the van. Without a doctor's confirmation of death, emergency services refuse to send an ambulance. Amidst the uncertainty, some passengers suggest driving to a nearby police patrol to report the incident. Before setting off, they decide to search the deceased man's body for identification or contact information. What they uncover instead is something they never should have seen.
- "Mom", who , for her siblings is still the same "Nancy", lovely girl from Abadan, is a naughty and grumpy old woman for her sons, who travels by taxi, and in appearance is the biggest obstacle to her happiness.
- In a forbidden forest where people commit suicide, two men are looking for corpses to take and sell. One day they come across a girl who is about to hang herself; which poses a challenge between these two
- the story of a mid class family crisis in Tehran-Iran, told in a totally unique narrative and aesthetic structure...