Leila's Brothers
Saeed Roustayi / IR, 2022 / 160 min.
Family drama in which enterprising, 40-year-old Leila sets her heart on a plan to make some money in poverty-stricken, corrupt Iran. This third feature-length fiction film from Saeed Roustaee won the International Critics’ Prize in Cannes.
The Iranian economy is bowed under the weight of many sanctions; Leila and her family are struggling to make ends meet, but when the fourth brother also loses his job the family reach the end of their tether. Leila (Taraneh Alidoosti) refuses to be defeated and decides to rent a shop and start a business; but her eighty-year-old father has other plans.
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Director
Saeed Roustayi
Production year
2022
Country
IR
Original title
Baradaran-e Leila
Length
160 min.
Language
Persian
Subtitles
ENG or NLD
Format
DCP
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