The Slaughterhouse
Iran | 2020 | 102 min | Unclassified 15+
SYNOPSIS
Amir is an idle and unemployed ex-convict who becomes involved in the cover-up of a terrible crime at the local abbatoir. His involvement comes at his father’s request, but what begins as a favour for his family spins out of control. In a tradition of social critique, Abbas Amini takes aim at the ruthless economic and societal forces in current Iran.
FESTIVALS
Busan International Film Festival 2020
IFF Mannheim-Heidelberg 2020
Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2020
The Slaughterhouse
Iran | 2020 | 102 min | Unclassified 15+
SYNOPSIS
Amir was recently deported from France. Unemployed and idle, he is obliged to stay at his father’s house. For the sake of his father, he gets involved in a horrifying crime which consequently leads him towards the tumultuous foreign currencies black market.
FESTIVALS
Busan International Film Festival 2020
IFF Mannheim-Heidelberg 2020
Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2020
CREDITS
Director: Abbas Amini
Writer: Abbas Amini, Hossein Farokhzadeh
Producer: Javad Norouzbeigi
Executive Producer: Ali Tolouei
DOP: Ehsan Rafiee Jam
Editor: Hamid Najafirad
Costume & Production Design: Atoosa Ghalamfarsaie
Music: Mehran Ghaedipour
Sound-recordist: Dariush Sadeghpour
Sound Designer: Mehrshad Malakooti
Make-up: Yasaman Moheb Ahari
CAST
Amir Hossein Fathi
Mani Haghighi
Hassan Pourshirazi
Baran Kosari
