The ancient Islamic law known as sighe—which allows a man and a woman to contractually unite in a temporary marriage that can last from a few hours to several years—is at the heart of Ida Panahandeh’s sharp, perceptive and beautifully shot drama. An unsympathetic divorce settlement has left single mother Nahid (Sareh Bayat, A Separation) with custody of her teenage son on the condition that she never remarry. When Nahid wants to deepen her relationship with widower Mas’ood (Pejman Bazeghi) while maintaining some semblance of independence, a renewable temporary marriage seems like the solution—until circumstances conspire and conjoin to re-assert the societal control to which Nahid is forced to submit...
Duration
1 min 33 sec
Views
7,247
Posted On
January 27, 2016
1 min 33 sec
Views
7,247
Posted On
January 27, 2016
Director
Ida Panahandeh
Writer
Ida Panahandeh
Studio
Independent
Release
October 7, 2015
Ida Panahandeh
Writer
Ida Panahandeh
Studio
Independent
Release
October 7, 2015
Cast
Nasrin Babaei
Sareh Bayat
Pejman Bazeghi
Milad HosseinPour
Navid Mohammadzadeh
Nasrin Babaei
Sareh Bayat
Pejman Bazeghi
Milad HosseinPour
Navid Mohammadzadeh
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