Son Mother
Son Mother
- ORIGINAL LANGUAGE IR
- SUBTITLES FR/NL
- COUNTRY Iran
- Duration 102
- Prices 9.00 €, 7.00 €, 6.50 €, 6.00 €
- Moderator ticket Article 27, Arsène 50
- Abonnement Carte 5 places, UGC Unlimited
Introducing
Director Mahnaz Mohammadi launches an attack on the most stifling patriarchal Iranian system by adopting the point of view of a widowed mother living in a terrible dilemma. A first fiction as intense as it is courageous.
Synopsis
Leïla is a widow. She lives in a rented room with her 12-year-old son Amir and her 2-year-old daughter. The factory where she works is in trouble and she is afraid of being fired. Marrying the bus driver Kazem could be a solution to her financial problems, but Kazem has a 12-year-old daughter and according to an Iranian religious tradition, a boy who is not related by blood is not allowed to live with a girl under the same roof...
Introducing
Director Mahnaz Mohammadi launches an attack on the most stifling patriarchal Iranian system by adopting the point of view of a widowed mother living in a terrible dilemma. A first fiction as intense as it is courageous.
Synopsis
Leïla is a widow. She lives in a rented room with her 12-year-old son Amir and her 2-year-old daughter. The factory where she works is in trouble and she is afraid of being fired. Marrying the bus driver Kazem could be a solution to her financial problems, but Kazem has a 12-year-old daughter and according to an Iranian religious tradition, a boy who is not related by blood is not allowed to live with a girl under the same roof...
H. HEYRENDT, La Libre
Octobre 06, 2021
B. REYNAUD, Sens of Cinema
April 26, 2020