Man, Taraneh, panzdah sal daram

Mar 28 2002 N/A 1h 50m
Drama

Taraneh is a model 15-year-old Iranian girl, studious and filial, who supports her ailing grandmother with a job at a photo shop and visits her father (who has been imprisoned for reasons never made clear in the film) bearing gifts of cigarettes and magazines. But when Amir, a young man from a well-off family, sets his sights on Taraneh and courts her with an intensity that borders on stalking, her well-ordered life spirals into chaos.

Plot

Fifteen year old Taraneh, whose widowed father is in jail, refuses the unwanted attentions of carpet salesman Amir - until Amir's mother talks Taraneh into accepting Amir's marriage proposal. Within four months the couple realize that they are incompatible, they divorce and Amir emigrates back to Germany. When Taraneh discovers she is pregnant she decides against all advice and intense social pressure, to keep the baby.

Written by

Kambuzia Partovi, Rasoul Sadrameli

Directed by

Rasoul Sadrameli

Production Countries

Iran

Languages

Awards

11 wins & 2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
4,094
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
64
Popularity
NA