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A well-to-do Iranian, Haji, arrives in Manhattan
from Tehran with his new bride. Overcome by nostalgia
for the old country, his friends hold a traditional
feast, slaughtering a sheep in their apartment.
Blood seeps through the floor into an apartment
below. A bizarre series of events then unfolds
as a SWAT team unleashed against the 'terrorists'
kills the bridegroom, leaving behind a beautiful,
bewildered widow and her four zealous suitors.
Playing with the tensions of strangers in a strange
land, Ghasem Ebrahimian’s intriguing first
feature is a witty dark comedy.
Bahman Maghsoudlou's debut as an actor was well
received at the Cannes Film Festival (Director’s
Fortnight), 1988.
'Thoroughly unpredictable…remarkably accomplished…terrific
panache…breathtaking.' –Kevin Thomas,
LA Times
'A masterstroke of black comedy.' –Elvis
Mitchell, LA Weekly
Photo Gallery [Cannes Film Festival 1988]
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