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Tehran: City of Love

Synopsis

An ex bodybuilding champion now personal trainer finds secret excitement in his life when he agrees to train a young man for championships; an overweight beauty clinic secretary who lacks confidence in her physical appearance uses her sexy voice to create a persona for seducing men she feels she could never have; and a dispirited religious singer tries his luck at becoming a wedding singer to increase the chances of finding the love of his life. This is the bittersweet tale of three middle-aged disenchanted characters yearning for love and connection in a city that does not embrace them.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - Love Strand - World premiere
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2019 - Voices - International premiere

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Features
Running time
102 mins
Format
Digital
Director
Ali Jaberansari
Producer
Babak Jalali
Co-Producer
Marleen Slot, Mohammad Ahmadi, Maryam Najafi
Editor
Ashkan Mehri
Screenwriter
Ali Jaberansari, Maryam Najafi
Director of Photography
Mohammad Reza Jahanpanah
Production Designer
Payam Foroutan
Sound
Hossein Abolsedgh
Composer
Hamed Sabet
Principal cast
Forough Ghajabagli, Mehdi Saki, Amir Hessam Bakhtiari, Behnaz Jafari

Genre

Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Iran, UK, Netherlands co-production

Kavir Films (IR), Here & There Productions (UK), Viking Film (NL)

Here & There Productions

Sales Company

Reel Suspects

42, Rue René Boulanger
Lovadina
75010 Paris
France

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