ran is on the verge of civil revolution. The airport is closed and all international flights are canceled. There are so many people trying to leave Iran with the last flight: a wounded protester with his wife, a young man longing to go to France to search for his fiance;, a nomad - an old man carrying top secret documents for the revolutionaries abroad, a young clerg...
Direction
Rafei builds unbearable tension in real-time.
Acting
Ensemble cast, each hiding explosive secrets.
Writing
Multiple narratives collide with surgical precision.
Director
Abbas Rafei
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the post-2009 election crackdown atmosphere, though wrapped before protests, it became eerily prophetic. Iranian audiences recognized their own desperation in the airport queue.
The 90-minute runtime matches the actual window before the airport closed. Rafei insisted on real-time tension.
IR
