Minoo returns to her family in Sweden to attend her sister Gita's wedding. Her mother and father believe that she has disgraced the family having worked as a stripper.
Acting
Melinda Kinnaman's controlled silence speaks volumes.
Direction
Taslimi frames family like a horror film without monsters.
Director
Susan Taslimi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Susan Taslimi was primarily known as an actress in Iran before fleeing; this was her directorial debut in exile.
The film mirrors Taslimi's own displacement—she left Iran during the Revolution, and the Swedish-Iranian tension here is deeply autobiographical.
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