SYNOPSIS
Akram and Azar two sisters lie about the disappearance of their brother by telling everyone he has fled to Germany. As time goes by, however, the “lie” turns into “reality” in Akram’s mind, so that she believes her brother will come back.
Awards
Best Film, Best Screenplay | Torino IFF, Italy, 2020
Golden Simorgh | Fajr National FF, Iran, 2021
Crystal Simorgh | Fajr IFF, Iran, 2021
CAST & CREW
Kaveh Mazaheri
Director
Producer(s)
Kaveh Mazaheri, Soroush Saeidi
Script
Kaveh Mazaheri, Sepinood Najian
Director of Photography
Hamed Hosseini Sangari
Music by
Milad Movahedi
Sound
Hossein Ghourchian, Hadi Manavipour
Edit
Pooyan Sholevar
Cast
Susan Parvar, Mahdokht Molaei, Soroush Saeidi, Morteza Khanjani, Mohsen Kiani
Production company(ies)
Darvash Film, 3bros Film
Kaveh Mazaheri
Born1981 in Tehran, Iran. He earned his bachelor’s degree in railway engineering and has started filmmaking on self-taught in 2005. He has made five short fiction films and more than twenty documentaries. One of his films named Retouch, which became very successful in Iranian cinema history has won more than 80 international awards. That’s why many of his prizes are being kept and showcased at the special “Retouch” booth at Iranian Cinema Museum. Moreover, his film Funfair was qualified for Academy Awards 2021. Botox is Kaveh Mazaheri’s first feature fiction.
Filmography
Tweezers (2007, short), Soori’s Trip (2009, short, doc.), Cockroach (2010, short), A Report about Mina (2015, short, doc.), Retouch (2017, short), Funfair (2019, short), Botox (2020).
