The Old Bachelor

In an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their bullying father. A man prone to rages and driven by chauvinism, the father’s abusiveness found his second wife leaving him. Now he picks on his eldest son, while the younger sibling fantasises about ways to kill his father. When the man rents out the flat above to a young woman, with intentions of marrying her, the woman’s attraction to the older son slowly pushes this profoundly damaged family to breaking point.

• Release date
• June 11, 2025
• Runtime
• 192 min
• Genres
• Drama, Thriller
• Director
• Oktay Baraheni

Cast

Leila Hatami Raana Hamed Behdad Ali Bastani Hassan Pourshirazi Gholam Bastani Mohammad Valizadegan Reza Bastani Babak Hamidian Critic

F

Fahimeh Rahimnia Raana's mother Reza Rouygari Raana's father

M

Mohammad-Reza Davoudnejad Ghamkhar