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.
Cast
Mehdi Hashemi
Mohtasham (Middle-Aged)
Shahab Hosseini
Naser
Mehran Rajabi
Kalb Hassan
Nazanin Farahani
Masume
Naser Hashemi
Mohtasham (Adult)
Mina Sadati
Maryam
Negah Khaghani
Moluk
Masoume Bafande
Marziye
Mojde Hamrang
Reyhane
Setare Mirmohammad
Sakine
Padina Rahnama
Robabe
Ainaz Azarhoush
Tahere
Moeineddin Oshaghi
Mohtasham (Young)
Azade Movahhed
Farkhonde
Goli Sharifloo
Farkhonde (Middle-Aged)
Hossein Fallah
Hashem
Mehdi Kheyrollahi
Rajab
Eghlima Raisi
Ehteram
Rasoul Salimian
Alireza
Crew
Kianush Ayyari
Director, Writer, Screenplay, Producer
Dariush Ayyari
Editor, Director of Photography
Farhad Ghodsi
Editor
Navid Bani
First Assistant Director
Shahrokh Dastourtabar
Executive Producer
Asghar Nejadimani
Production Designer, Costume Designer
Nima Aghakarimi
Assistant Camera
Hossein Salehian
Makeup Designer
Azam Rahmani
Makeup Designer
Ali Hosseini
Sound Mixer
Mohammad Kashfi
Sound Mixer
Saeed Salehi
Sound Recordist
Reza Sepehri
Lighting Technician
Behzad Abdi
Music
Mazdak Ayyari
Still Photographer
Hassan Aghakarimi
Production Manager
