Stunned to discover that her son has vanished while studying abroad in Athens, Pari sets off on a desperate search across the Greek capital to find him. Navigating a foreign and forbidding landscape, Pari is forced out from the shadow of her spouse to take the lead in the search for her child. The feature debut from Iranian Greek director Siamak Etemadi portrays a woman who finds unsuspected depths of courage within herself.
Directed by: Siamak Etemadi
Production Year: 2020
Country: Greece, France, Netherlands, Bulgaria
Length: 101 minutes
Credits
Director: Siamak Etemadi
Writer: Siamak Etemadi
Producers: Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Giorgos Karnavas
Cinematography: Claudio Bolivar
Production Design: Wilbert van Dorp
Composer: Avia
Editor: Panos Voutsaras
Sound: Boris Trayanov, Vincent Sinceretti, Jan Schermer
Cast
Melika Foroutan
Shahbaz Noshir
Sofia Kokkali
Lena Kitsopoulou
Argyris Padazaras
Dimitris Xanthopoulos
Pari
Greece, France, Netherlands, Bulgaria | 2020 | 101 min | Unclassified 15+
SYNOPSIS
Dutiful Iranian wife Pari (Melika Foroutan) and her much older husband Farrokh (Shahbaz Noshir) arrive in Athens to visit their student son Babak. But not only is he not waiting to greet them at the airport, he is no longer living at the address he gave them. Equipped with only faltering English and a mother’s determination, meek Pari is forced out from the shadow of her spouse to take the lead in the search for her child. The feature debut from Iranian Greek director Siamak Etemadi, Pari is an atmospheric portrait of a woman who discovers hitherto unsuspected depths and courage in an unpredictable city.
FESTIVALS
Berlinale 2020
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