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Wedlock

2014 · 88 min

A quiet, observant drama where a family home's renovation quietly exposes friction and unspoken tensions beneath polite surfaces.

Directed by: Rouhollah Hejazi
Genres: Drama
Starring: Taraneh Alidoosti, Hamid Farrokhnejad, Peyman Ghasemkhani

Overview: The renovation of a rambling family homestead becomes a metaphor for an unexpected assault on traditional family values when a newly married twenty-something brings her architect husband to draw up the plans for her aunt and uncle’s rehab job.

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Directed by: Rouhollah Hejazi
Genres: Drama
Starring: Taraneh Alidoosti, Hamid Farrokhnejad, Peyman Ghasemkhani

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
betrayal
class
trauma
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Rouhollah Hejazi
Written by: Ali Talebabadi
Starring: Taraneh Alidoosti, Hamid Farrokhnejad, Peyman Ghasemkhani, Hengame Ghaziani, Tarlan Parvaneh
Runtime: 88 min
Country: Iran
Languages: Persian

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