A thief falls for the woman raising his son—classic mess, Persian New Wave style.
Naser and Ghulam, who have been released from prison, have been living off theft. Nasser searches for Maryam (Hala Nazari) to get back the son he entrusted to him, but in the meantime, he falls in love with Maryam and marries her.
Acting
Homayoon's smoldering desperation—cinema of brooding glances.
Cinematography
Smoke-choked Tehran streets, pre-revolution melancholy.
Director
Reza Mirlohi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the Persian New Wave, this film captures pre-revolutionary Tehran's moral ambiguity before strict censorship took hold.
Director Reza Mirlohi made only three features; this is considered his most accessible, which says everything.
IR
