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The Paternal House

Directed by Kianoush Ayari 

Iran

97 mins

2012

A young woman is murdered by her own father, with the help of her younger brother. She is secretly buried in the cellar, a space where the women of the family weave carpets and perform other domestic chores. Her loss, or perhaps her presence, continues to haunt the family as it reverberates through the following generations. Ayari’s film is staged exclusively in this house and was banned several times in Iran.

Credits

Writer
Kianoush Ayari
Producer
Kianoush Ayari
Cinematographer
Dariush Ayari
Production Design
Asghar Nejadimani
Editor
Kianoush Ayari, Farhad Ghodsi
Music
Behzad Abdi
Cast
Mehdi Hashemi
Shahab Hosseini
Mehran Rajabi
Nazanin Farahani
Mina Sadati