Tehran: City of Love

A tender, bittersweet drift through three lonely lives, balancing quiet longing with wry humour and the weight of social constraint.

Directed by

Ali Jaberansari

Genres

Romance

Starring

Forough Ghajebeglou, Mehdi Saki, Amir Hessam Bakhtiari

Overview

Three lonely people, each looking for love in their own ways. This is hard enough in any big city – never mind in Tehran, where individual freedoms can’t be taken for granted. In a sexy voice on the telephone, an overweight receptionist seduces men who wouldn’t look twice at her real ‘me’. A former bodybuilding champion now earns a living as a personal trainer. When he develops feelings for a promising young sportsman as a client; he drops everything else; even a very promising acting job for a well-known French director. A singer at religious funerals is dumped by his fiancée. He tries to find new purpose in life by retraining as a singer at weddings and parties. That’s a lot more attractive to women, his friend assures him.

How it feels

Melancholic, warm, satirical and romantic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Loneliness, love, identity, isolation

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

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

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