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Untaken Paths

2017 · 106 min

A grounded, emotionally charged drama about love colliding with social expectations, unfolding with quiet tension and heartfelt performances.

Overview
A young woman in love marries against the wishes of her family. She is challenged when her nascent marriage is thrown into trouble because of the couple's roots in different social strata.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • love
  • family
  • betrayal
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Tahmine Milani
Starring
Milad Keymaram, Mahour Alvand, Elsa Firuz Azar, Jamshid Hashempour, Afsar Asadi, Babak Ghaderi, Turaj Mansuri, Jamshid Jahanzadeh
Runtime
106 min
Country
Iran
Languages
Persian

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