A doctor steals his assistant's girl, marries her, then... actually grows a conscience?
A middle-aged doctor and his young assistant are both smitten with a girl. The girl likes the doctor's assistant, but the doctor, who is deeply in love with the girl, sends the assistant away on some pretext. He then gets closer to the girl and, with the support of her parents, marries her. They have a peaceful life until the assistant returns and the truth comes out. After a series of events, it's ultimately the doctor who steps aside.
Acting
Forouzan's layered performance as the object of obsession.
Direction
Motiee directs himself in a role that dares you to forgive him.
Director
Naser Malek Motiee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-revolution Iranian cinema often explored class tensions through melodrama; this predates the 1979 revolution by 13 years.
Motiee's choice to direct himself as the morally compromised doctor suggests deliberate self-critique of patriarchal privilege.
IR
