(The Old Bachelor/ پیر پسر)
Iran, 2024, Drama, 192min.
Writer & Director: Oktay Baraheni
Producers: Arsalan Baraheni, Babak Hamidian, Hanif Soroori
Cast: Leila Hatami, Hamed Behdad, Hassan Pourshirazi, Mohammad Valizadegan, Babak Hamidian, Fahimeh
Rahimnia, Reza Rouygari, Mohammad-Reza Davoudnejad, Vahid Ghazi Zahedi, Ali Rahimi.
Synopsis:
In an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their bullying father. A man
prone to rages and driven by chauvinism, the father’s abusiveness found his second wife leaving him. Now he picks
on his eldest son, while the younger sibling fantasizes about ways to kill his father. When the man rents out the flat
above to a young woman, with intentions of marrying her, the woman’s attraction to the older son slowly pushes this
profoundly damaged family to breaking point.
Director’s Bio:
Oktay Baraheni (born 1974) is an Iranian Film director and writer. He is a graduate of the Fine Arts York University
Toronto, Canada with a degree in Cinema, His successful career includes several feature films, several short films
and a documentary Khatab Be Parvaneha, which is a well-known Iranian poet and writer in relation to his father,
Reza Baraheni, As well as him first feature film was The Pole Khaab, which was screened in the new film section of
the Fajr Film Festival in 2015 And in 2016, its public release began, He also has a background in journalism.
Festivals & Awards:
– International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2024; Winner, Big Screen Award
– London Film Festival 2024; Winner Best Narrative Film
– Transilvania Int’l Film Festival 2024; Winner Best Actor
– Galway Film Fleadh2024; Winner Best Film, world Cinema Competition
