Under the shadow of the US invasion, an extended Afghan refugee family begins their new lives in Iran unaware of the ultimate price expected of them as outliers in this (un)welcoming environment: Mohammad, a young teenager and promising student; Leila, a woman isolated by geography, and Qasem who bears the weight of his family’s sacrifice.
Under the shadow of the US invasion, an extended Afghan refugee family begins their new lives in Iran unaware of the ultimate price expected of them as outliers in this (un)welcoming environment: Mohammad, a young teenager and promising student; Leila, a woman isolated by geography, and Qasem who bears the weight of his family’s sacrifice.
Hamideh Jafari, Mohammad Hosseini, Bashir Nikzad
Screenwriters : Alireza Ghasemi & Raha Amirfazli
Director of Photography : Farshad Mohammadi
Editor : Hayedeh Safiyari
Original Soundtrack : Frédéric Alvarez
Production Design : Saeed Asadi & Hamed Aslani
Costume Designer : Raha Dadkhah
Sound Recordists : Hossein Bashash & Hasan Shabankareh
Sound Design : Taco Drijfhout
Sound Mix : Jaim Sahuleka
Line Producer : Babak Keshan Fallah
First Assistant Director : Reza Baastani
SUNDANCE Film Festival 2024 - Directing Award - World Cinema Dramatic Competition