Parting

Facing economic privation and family discord—including a blood feud—a young couple flees Afghanistan for Europe via Iran where ruthless smugglers and their past waylay them just as their dangerous journey begins.

Director: Navid Mahmoudi.  Producer: Jamshid Mahmoudi.  Screenwriter: Navid Mahmoudi.  Cinematographer: Koohyar Kalari.  Editor: Jamshid Mahmoudi.  Music: Sahand Mahdizadeh.  With: Reza Ahmadi, Fereshteh Hosseini, Behrang Alavi, Nazanin Bayati, Shams Langaroudi.

DCP, color, in Persian and Dari with English subtitles, 78 min.