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Why this pick
Its tightly escalating domestic conflict turns money, caregiving and pride into moral pressure, with the same clear-eyed attention to how a family fractures under social strain.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
At the age of 40, Leila has spent her entire life caring for her parents and four brothers. A family that is constantly arguing and under pressure from various debts in the face of sanctions against Iran. While her brothers are struggling to make ends meet, Leila makes a plan.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Taraneh Alidoosti
Leila
Saeed Poursamimi
Father
Navid Mohammadzadeh
Alireza
Payman Maadi
Manouchehr
Farhad Aslani
Parviz
Nayereh Farahani
Mother
Mehdi Hoseininia
Bayram
Mohammad Ali Mohammadi
Farhad