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Pari

2020 · 101 min

A tense, emotionally draining search through an alien city, anchored by a mother's quiet determination and cultural displacement.

Directed by
Siamak Etemadi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Melika Foroutan, Shahbaz Noshir, Sofia Kokkali
Tagline
Fire is my child
Overview
Babak, an Iranian student in Greece, doesn't show up to welcome his visiting parents at the Athens airport. Pari and her older husband, both devout Muslims abroad for the first time, are ill-prepared to search for their son in an intimidating and alien environment. All their attempts to find a clue that might lead them to him prove to be in vain and they soon reach a dead end. But Pari can't give up looking for him, even when returning to Iran seems like her only choice. Following the steps of her rebellious son in the darkest corners of the city, she will exhaust her inner strength to achieve more than a mother's search for her missing son.

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Directed by
Siamak Etemadi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Melika Foroutan, Shahbaz Noshir, Sofia Kokkali
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 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
  • isolation
  • identity
  • survival
  • grief
Places
  • big city
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
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Siamak Etemadi
Written by
Siamak Etemadi
Starring
Melika Foroutan, Shahbaz Noshir, Sofia Kokkali, Lena Kitsopoulou, Argyris Pandazaras, Bijan Daneshmand, Dimitris Xanthopoulos, Leyteris Tsatsis
Music
Pierre Aviat
Cinematography
Claudio Bolivar
Runtime
101 min
Country
Bulgaria, Greece, Netherlands, France, Switzerland
Languages
English, Greek, Persian

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