Motherless (Bi-Madar)

Seyyed Morteza Fatemi / Iran

Screening

FILMIN

2nd NOV - 3rd DEC

Film Information

Year: 2022

Duration: 84'

Language: VOSE

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

A middle-aged couple, Amir Ali and Marjan, lead a quiet life until Marjan, who aspires to be a mother, meets Mahrouz, a woman who is trying to raise money for her son’s kidney transplant. When Marjan insists on renting a womb and this surrogate mother enters their life, they unintentionally go through different tests and face moral dilemmas unknown to them. The controversy surrounding subrogation is put on the table, showing the consequences of a yet not enough legislated practice.

Director

Born in 1983 in Tehran, Seyyed Morteza Fatemi, writer, director, producer and TV host, is a graduate in Petroleum Engineering and PHD student of Political Philosophy. He started his career as a journalist, and he worked as chief editor in various weekly newspapers and press agencies. Afterwards, Fatemi entered Iranian Television and pursued his career as creator of Talk Shows and TV Series – including Dark Intelligence which won the Best TV Crime Drama Award in Moscow International Festival DetectiveFEST.