Empty Nets

Jan 18, 2024

1h 38m

★ 7.1

Overview

Amir, a young Iranian, signs on with a fisherman on the rugged Caspian Sea coast in order to earn the money he needs to marry his sweetheart, Narges. But in so doing, he becomes entangled in the criminal machinations of caviar poaching. Piece by piece, a complex hierarchy is revealed in a parallel realm that becomes ever more constricting and oppressive, endangering Amir’s relationship with Narges as well.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

BASIS BERLIN Filmproduktion

Living Pictures Production

ARTE

RainyPictures

Empty Nets Trailers

Cast

Amir

Hamid Reza Abbasi

Narges

Sadaf Asgari

Omid

Keyvan Mohamadi

Amir's Mother

Pantea Panahiha

Rahim

Ali Bagheri

Ghasem

Behzad Dorani

Majid

Mehrdad Bakhshi

Masoud

Mojtaba Bahmani

Ahmad

Ali Mohseni

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