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The Custodian

1976 · 124 min

A slow, earnest character study of family duty and quiet desperation, with a raw, lived-in texture.

Directed by
Khosrow Haritash
Starring
Ali Nasirian, Saeed Kangarani, Pari Amir Hamze
Overview
Davoud Najafi lives with his father Rahman who is the custodian of a small company and his disabled brother Ne'mat. His sister Aghdas is pregnant and her husband is away in Kuwait, so they have to bear her expenses too. Davoud loves film making and is in love with Nahid. He brings a camera and tries to steal the company while filming himself. They fired his father Rahman and he too throws Davoud out of the house.

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Directed by
Khosrow Haritash
Starring
Ali Nasirian, Saeed Kangarani, Pari Amir Hamze
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • class
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Directed by
Khosrow Haritash
Written by
hassan sharifi mehr, Khosrow Haritash
Starring
Ali Nasirian, Saeed Kangarani, Pari Amir Hamze, Esmail Davarfar, Nassrin Ghadiri, Esmail Mohammadi
Cinematography
Ali Reza Zarrindast
Runtime
124 min
Country
Iran
Languages
Persian

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