Daughter

Dokhtar

In defiance of her traditional father (Aslani), Setareh (Alvand) sets out on a day trip to Tehran from Abadan to attend a friend’s going away party, triggering a family crisis that engulfs multiple generations in writer-director Reza Mirkarimi’s richly shot and wonderfully acted story of the intersecting divisions that mark contemporary Iran.

DCP, color, 103 min.  Director: Reza Mirkarimi.  Producer: Reza Mirkarimi.  Screenwriter: Reza Mirkarimi.  Cinematographer: Hamid Khouzouei.  Editor: Meysam Movini.  Music: Mohammad Reza Aligholi.  Cast: Farhad Aslani, Merila Zarei, Mahour Alvand, Mehran Kashani.