A VERY ORDINARY CITIZEN
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. |