It's Winter

Synopsis

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.

Mitra Hajjar

Khatoun

Ali Nicksaulat

Marhab

Hashem Abdi

Mokhtar

Said Orkani

Ali Reza

Zahra Jafari

Kleines Mädchen

Valiollah Sali

Mokhtars Chef

Safari Ghassemi

Großmutter

Hossein Hadgbegi

Café Besitzer

Nasser Madahi

Chef

Leila Solymani

Prostituierte

Mohammad Nazari

Kellner

Ali Fanaian

Polizist