This film is the story of two sisters who, with the arrival of a man in love, the first identity is on the verge of collapse and the second character is on a new path of self-knowledge.
Unfinished Stories employs a structure familiar to Western indie cinema by following a set of seemingly random but interlocking episodes. Debut director Pourya Azarbayjani presents the tales of several women who spend much of the film alone on the streets of Tehran after dark – a particularly...
The renovation of a rambling family homestead becomes a metaphor for an unexpected assault on traditional family values when a newly married twenty-something brings her architect husband to draw up the plans for her aunt and uncle’s rehab job.
Hamid's brother has been missing in action, presumed dead, for twenty-two years. Coming to terms with the loss, Hamid has now moved on and, as custom dictates, married his brother's widow.
When Arezoo and Amir-Hossein can't conceive a child together, Arezoo's friend Tahareh is willing to act as a surrogate. But Tahareh's ex-husband has his say in the matter.
