One kid, one accident, four adults who thought they were friends. Iranian domestic chaos hits different.
Sara and Peyman help out their recently divorced friends, Farhad and Nasim, by taking care of their son, Ilia. A simple accident puts their friendship in danger.
Acting
Dolatshahi's mounting panic is physically uncomfortable to watch.
Direction
Asadizade squeezes claustrophobia from ordinary apartments.
Director
Kiarash Asadizade
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film captures specific Iranian middle-class anxiety around reputation and legal vulnerability in minor incidents.
The 'gap' refers to both the generation divide and the moral chasm that opens between couples; the Persian title شکاف also implies a crack or fissure in structure.
IR
