Parviz

★★★★★

2012 · 1 h 47 min

Directed by Majid Barzegar · Iran · Iranian New Wave

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Cast

Levon Haftvan Mahmoud Behrouzian Homeyra Nonahali Ali Ramez Alireza Bagheri Aboozar Farhadi

Credits

Produced by: Saeed Armand

Plot

A middle-aged man in Iran who still lives with his parents struggles with their rules and routines in a spare, dryly funny portrait of dependence.

Sinekatalog’s take

A spare, deadpan Iranian drama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (1,131 votes)
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