It's Winter

The story

Unemotional, restrained cinematographic poem, situated in a wintry and poor suburb of Tehran. A man is dismissed and his lack of prospects for the future make him decide to seek his happiness abroad. He leaves his wife and child behind and for a long time nothing is heard of him. Then a stranger turns up, a car mechanic looking for a job. The attractive single mother can’t resist his attentions. Very subtly, a struggle ensues that reflects that of a whole generation of young doubting Iranians who may want to leave the country, but hardly know how to start.

Cast & crew

Mitra HajjarKhatoun

Ali Nicksaulat

Ali NicksaulatMarhab

Hashem Abdi

Hashem AbdiMokhtar

Said Orkani

Said OrkaniAli Reza

Zahra Jafari

Zahra JafariKleines Mädchen

Valiollah Sali

Valiollah SaliMokhtars Chef

Safari Ghassemi

Safari GhassemiGroßmutter

Hossein Hadgbegi

Hossein HadgbegiCafé Besitzer

Nasser Madahi

Nasser MadahiChef

Leila Solymani

Leila SolymaniProstituierte

Mohammad Nazari

Mohammad NazariKellner

Ali Fanaian

Ali FanaianPolizist