The Paternal House

Feb 1, 2014

1h 37m

★ 4.8

Overview

A young woman is murdered by her own father, with the help of her younger brother. She is secretly buried in the cellar, a space where the women of the family weave carpets and perform other domestic chores. Her loss, or perhaps her presence, continues to haunt the family as it reverberates through the following generations. Ayyari’s film is staged exclusively in this house and was banned several times in Iran.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Horror

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Cast

Mohtasham (Middle-Aged)

Mehdi Hashemi

Naser

Shahab Hosseini

Kalb Hassan

Mehran Rajabi

Masume

Nazanin Farahani

Mohtasham (Adult)

Naser Hashemi

Maryam

Mina Sadati

Moluk

Negah Khaghani

Marziye

Masoume Bafande

Reyhane

Mojde Hamrang

Sakine

Setare Mirmohammad

Robabe

Padina Rahnama

Tahere

Ainaz Azarhoush

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