It's Winter

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.

• Release date
• February 14, 2006
• Runtime
• 86 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Rafi Pitts

Cast

Mitra Hajjar Khatoun

A

Ali Nicksaulat Marhab

H

Hashem Abdi Mokhtar

S

Said Orkani Ali Reza

Z

Zahra Jafari Kleines Mädchen

V

Valiollah Sali Mokhtars Chef

S

Safari Ghassemi Großmutter

H

Hossein Hadgbegi Café Besitzer