Arjang, A 50-year old man, has loved Roya from his childhood years but he has failed to marry her due to some reasons. Roya migrates to the united states with her family due to some social restrictions of 1980s. Arjang who has never forgotten Roya, meets her different times later but each time he fails to marry her again. He has 50 now and is a wealthy man, so he insists Roya to stay in Iran and marry him.
Acting
Reza Attaran's committed desperation—funny until it's genuinely sad.
Writing
Balances 1980s Iran social commentary with one man's epic self-deception.
Production
Period detail that makes the time jumps hit harder.
Director
Saman Moghaddam
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references a Persian idiom about stubborn, oblivious men—Arjang embodies this to almost mythic proportions.
Director Saman Moghaddam uses the 1980s migration backdrop to explore how political upheaval became personal excuse for Arjang's failures.
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