The Engineer Child

A slow, heartfelt chronicle of a boy's life that lingers on hardship and small moments of hope.

Created by

Ahmad Kaveri, Ali Ghaffari

Genres

Drama

Starring

Sogol Tahmasebi, Hamid Sharifzadeh, Bahareh Rahnama

Overview

The story of this series is set in contemporary history and in three phases: childhood, adolescence, and youth. A boy is abandoned as a baby because his father did not want him to be born and decides to sell him for his gambling to make money. One night, after a few months, he comes home and finds the child. He has a fight with his wife and the mother and child leave the house. The mother places the child in an orphanage, where they name the child Javad Javadi, and the story of Javad's life is narrated from there.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, dark and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Family, identity, survival, grief

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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