Film Information
Year: 2023
Duration: 95
Language: VOSE
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
This film offers us a demystified and contemporary reading of the epic poem, the Odyssey: Mariziyeh, a young mother, has been taking care of and providing for her children during the years that her husband, Farhad, has been away. He fled illegally to Australia with his landlord’s son. One night, after five years of disappearance, Farhad returns home and spends the night with Marziyeh, but, against all odds, the next morning he disappears again. This time, Marziyeh begins to actively and desperately search for him.
Director
Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini, born in 1977, is an Iranian director and screenwriter who debuted in 2014 with Night, Outdoors; in 2015, he continued directing with The Buffalo; in 2020 he released Headless, and his last film was When you were not here (2023).