| Details | Available in DC, Maryland, and Virginia from January 22–February 7 Stream it here: https://iranfestdc.eventive.org Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut5MboVzW8k This tender and moving film begins with Shokoo, a middle-aged woman, relocating her elderly ex-husband from a nursing facility into her own home so she and her current husband can care for him. The fact that the ex-husband refuses to speak to them is the first clue that all will not be well with this arrangement, and when neighborhood gossip begins to irk Shokoo’s current spouse, the marriage is strained even further. Aided by rich and subtle performances from her three main actors, director Mona Zandi Haghighi builds her movie around three flawed, complex, but ultimately compassionate characters discovering how love can transform over time. (Dir.: Mona Zandi Haghighi, Iran, 2019, 93 min., Persian with English subtitles)
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