Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class society.
Direction
Banietemad's mosaic structure is masterclass in weaving lives together.
Writing
Every character feels like someone you could meet tomorrow.
Acting
Ensemble cast delivers devastating authenticity.
Director
Rakhshan Banietemad
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Banietemad filmed during Iran's economic sanctions crisis, capturing real desperation that audiences initially mistook for fiction.
Several actors were non-professionals Banietemad found in actual working-class neighborhoods; the bus driver was a real driver she convinced to perform.
IR
