Babak, an Iranian student in Greece, doesn't show up to welcome his visiting parents at the Athens airport. Pari and her older husband, both devout Muslims abroad for the first time, are ill-prepared to search for their son in an intimidating and alien environment. All their attempts to find a clue that might lead them to him prove to be in vain and they soon reach a dead end. But Pari can't give up looking for him, even when returning to Iran seems like her only choice. Following the steps of her rebellious son in the darkest corners of the city, she will exhaust her inner strength to achieve more than a mother's search for her missing son.
Acting
Foroutan's face carries entire scenes without dialogue.
Cinematography
Athens as hostile architecture—beautiful and rejecting.
Direction
Etemadi refuses easy catharsis; grief stays messy.
Director
Siamak Etemadi
Melika Foroutan
Pari
Shahbaz Noshir
Farrokh
Sofia Kokkali
Zoe
Lena Kitsopoulou
Nawal
Argyris Pandazaras
Anarchist
Bijan Daneshmand
Ahmadi
Dimitris Xanthopoulos
Sailor
Leyteris Tsatsis
Sailor
Aspasia Kokosi
University secretary
Vassilis Koukalani
Mr. Bagheri
Kimon Kouris
Assaulting Man
Romanna Lobach
Harsh Prostitute in Port
Marianthi Pantelopoulou
Caring Prostitute in Port
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Greece's refugee crisis; extras include actual displaced Iranians lending unscripted grief to crowd scenes.
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