Mum's Guest
| Mum's Guest (Mehman-e Maman) | |
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| Directed by | Sima Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Iran |
| Language | Persian |
Mum's Guest (
Fajr Film Festival.[1]
Plot
Mrs. Effat (Golab Adineh), a mother of two, receives word that her nephew and his wife are going to be visiting. Despite not being wealthy, Mrs. Effat tries to prepare a respectable dinner party with the help of her cinema-loving husband, Mr. Effat (Hasan Pourshirazi), and her two children, Amir and Bahareh. Meanwhile the Effats' drug addict neighbour, Yusuf (Parsa Pirouzfar), is desperate for some drugs after his wife has flushed his stash down the toilet. The eccentric old lady (Farideh Sepah-Mansour) who takes care of her chicken is also not making things much easier...
Awards and nominations
22nd Fajr International Film Festival:
- Won: Best Picture
- Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role: (Hasan Pourshirazi)
- Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role: (Golab Adineh)
- Nominated: Best Director: Dariush Mehrjui
- Nominated: Best Screenplay: Dariush Mehrjui, Vahideh Mohammadifar and Houshang Moradi Kermani
- Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Parsa Pirouzfar)
- Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Farideh Sepah-Mansour)
- Nominated: Best Costume & Set Design (Mohsen Shah-Ebrahimi)
- Nominated: Best Sound Recording (Jahangir Mirshekari)
- Nominated: Best Makeup: (Mahin Navidi)
References
- Mum's Guest at IMDb
- Mum's Guest at IranAct.com
- ^ "Mum's Guest on Soureh Cinema". Soureh Cinema. Retrieved 2005-02-11.
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