A nation's grief wrapped in one woman's forbidden love — Persian poetry meets political fire.
Season 1 • Episode 15
LatestLet's travel to Iran in the final years of World War II. To a story of history, tragedy, love... to mourning Siavash... to Savushun.
Cinematography
Qajar mansion as character — decay never looked so gorgeous.
Acting
Tabatabaei's silences hit harder than any monologue.
Production
Period detail so precise you can smell the opium and jasmine.
Creator
Narges Abyar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Savushun refers to a Shiite mourning ritual for Imam Hussein's martyrdom — the novel reimagines this as political allegory for Iran under Allied occupation.
Simin Daneshvar's 1969 novel was the first major Persian novel by a woman; Abyar fought for years to secure rights, shooting in actual Qajar-era mansions facing demolition.
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