The Husband

A somber, socially conscious drama that follows a widow's desperate search, weaving together the quiet suffering of women into an emotionally heavy tapestry.

Directed by

Ebrahim Irajzade

Genres

Drama

Starring

Fariba Naderi, Hamed Behdad, Nazanin Ahmadi

Overview

Setareh is a widow whose husband has died in an accident after marrying his second wife. Now if she wants to give birth to her own child, she has to seek a husband desperately. In her path of life, she confronts different women victims in the society – a victim of acid attack, a victim of domestic violence, a victim of oldness and loneliness, a victim of limitations for women musicians and bitter memories of the victims of prejudice against women footballers…

How it feels

Melancholic, dark and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Grief, isolation, gender, survival

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

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

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