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Woman and Child

Directed by Saeed Roustaee 

Iran

131 mins

2025

Forty-year-old widow Mahnaz has her hands full. She’s juggling her work as a nurse, raising two children and spending time with her boyfriend Hamid, who has proposed marriage. If that wasn’t enough, her rebellious teenage son Aliyar has just been suspended from school after one prank too many. On the day that Hamid’s parents visit to meet Mahnaz so they can approve of the wedding, tragedy strikes, upending Mahnaz’s precariously balanced life. Her unspeakable grief twists into incandescent rage as she resolves to punish everyone responsible for her pain – by whatever means necessary.

Credits

Director
Saeed Roustaee
Writer
Saeed Roustaee
Producer
Livia Van der Staay, Jamal Sadatian, Eva Dottelonde, Saeed Roustaee
Cinematographer
Adib Sobhani
Production Design
Mohsen Nasrollahi
Editor
Bahram Dehghani
Sound
Rashid Daneshmand
Music
Ramin Kousha
Cast
Payman Maadi
Parinaz Izadyar
Soha Niasti
Maziar Seyedi
Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee

Screenings

Sun 9 Nov 2025, 2:30pm
Past Event SYD Palace Moore Park - Cinema 3
Sun 16 Nov 2025, 3:30pm
Past Event MEL Palace Como - Cinema 3