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A VERY ORDINARY CITIZEN

by Majid Barzegar

synopsis

Tehran. Present day. After the death of his wife and the onset of the old age crisis, distraction and Alzheimer’s, Mr. Safari, an eighty-year-old pensioner, is persuaded to visit his son who lives abroad. As a young woman assumes responsibility for providing Mr. Safari’s travel arrangements, Mr. Safari gradually falls in love with her, gives up the idea of traveling and decides to express his love for her at any price, even if it means committing murder before he loses his memory completely.

international title: A Very Ordinary Citizen
original title: Yek Shahrvand-e Kamelan Maamouli
country: Iran, Czech Republic
year: 2015
genre: fiction
directed by: Majid Barzegar
film run: 100'
screenplay: Jafar Panahi, Majid Barzegar
cast: Souren Mnatsakanian, Shadi Karamroudi, Nahid Hadadi
cinematography by: Amin Jafari
film editing: Hamidreza Barzegar
art director: Leila Naghdi Pari
costumes designer: Leila Naghdi Pari
producer: Majid Modarresi, Saeed Armand
co-producer: Jordi Niubo, Kaveh Farnam
production: IO- in/out, Armand Production, Media Nest
backing: Hubert Bals Fund, Rotterdam International Film Festival.

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