Café Transit

Nov 3 2005 N/A 1h 47m
Drama, Romance

A young widow takes over her late husband’s truck stop café, keeping hidden in the kitchen so as not to cause a scandal in Iran’s conservative society. But her brother-in-law, out of familial obligation, wants to take her as a wife and also take over the café. Meanwhile a Greek trucker who is a frequent café customer is slowly entranced — at first by her sublime cooking ability, and then by her.

Plot

In the wake of her husband's death, headstrong widow Reyhan (Fereshtei Sadre Orafaei) longs to re-open his successful border cafe, despite rigid social standards that explicitly discourage her from doing so. Isolated from her friends and neighbours for her fervent efforts to resurrect the business, Reyhan also faces pressure from her conservative brother-in-law Nasser (Parviz Parastoei) who longs to take Reyhan as his second wife. Despite Nasser's vengeful efforts to break Reyhan's spirits and put her out of business, Reyhan's culinary skills soon begin drawing in a healthy clientele that includes kindly Greek trucker Zakariyo (Nikolas Padapopoulis), whose relationship with the determined restauranteur may provide an exit from her current crisis.

Written by

Kambuzia Partovi

Directed by

Kambuzia Partovi

Cast

Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Parviz Parastui, Nikos Papadopoulos

Crew

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Production Countries

France, Iran

Languages

Türkçe

Awards

7 wins & 3 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
2,236
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA