African Violet

Directed by Mona Zandi Haghighi
Iran | 2019 | 93 min | Unclassified 15+
Language: Persian (English Subtitles)
SYNOPSIS

Middle-aged Shokoo finds out that ex-husband, Fereydoun, has been placed in a nursing home by their children. She and her second husband Reza, decide to take care of Fereydoun themselves, but in their own home. In doing so, the relationship between Shokoo and Fereydoun is significantly transformed.

FESTIVALS

Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas 2019
Zurich Iranian Film Festival 2019
Tripoli Film Festival 2019
Busan International Film Festival 2019

African Violet

Directed by Mona Zandi Haghighi
Iran | 2019 | 93 min | Unclassified 15+
Language: Persian (English Subtitles)
SYNOPSIS

Middle-aged Shokoo finds out that ex-husband, Fereydoun, has been placed in a nursing home by their children. She, and second husband Reza, decide to take care of Fereydoun themselves, but in their own home. In doing so, the relationship between Shokoo and Fereydoun is significantly transformed.

FESTIVALS

Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinemas 2019
Tripoli Film Festival 2019
Busan International Film Festival 2019

CREDITS

Director : Mona Zandi Haghighi
Screenplay : Hamidreza Bababeigi/based on a story by Mona Zandi Haghighi
Director of Photography : Farhad Saba
Camera : Reza Teymoori
Editing : Bahram Dehghani
Original Music : Peyman Yazdanian
Sound Designer : Alireza Alavian
Sound Recordist : Mehdi Saleh Kermani
Set & Costume Designer : Ali Abedini
Make-Up : Mehrdad Mirkiani

CAST

Fatemeh Motamed Arya
Saeed Aghakhani
Reza Babak
Mehdi Hosseini Nia
Roya Javidnia
Neda Jebraeili

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