A sharp-edged look at people who live outside the constraints of Islamic law. In her fourth feature, director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad tells the tragic story of a love triangle. Afagh, an aging thief who has lost her beauty, is on the verge of losing her young lover, Adel. When Adel meets the beautiful Nargess, he decides to go straight, but honest work does not come easily, and he decides to go back to the old life for one last job. "Bani-Etemad pushes the Iranian censorship code to the limit, managing to make her outsider characters believable and moving" (Deborah Young, Variety). Farsi with English subtitles.

Starring:

Farimah Farjami, Abolfazl Poorarab, Atefeh Razavi, Reza Karam Rezai, Niousha Jafarian, Baran Kosari

Genre:

Drama