The Old Bachelor (2025)
In an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their bullying father. A man prone to rages and driven by chauvinism, the father’s abusiveness found his second wife leaving him. Now he picks on his eldest son, while the younger sibling fantasises about ways to kill his father. When the man rents out the flat above to a young woman, with intentions of marrying her, the woman’s attraction to the older son slowly pushes this profoundly damaged family to breaking point.
Director: Oktay Baraheni
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Leila Hatami as Raana |
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Hamed Behdad as Ali Bastani |
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Hassan Pourshirazi as Gholam Bastani |
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Mohammad Valizadegan as Reza Bastani |
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Babak Hamidian as Critic |
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Fahimeh Rahimnia as Raana's mother |
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Reza Rouygari as Raana's father |
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Mohammad-Reza Davoudnejad as Ghamkhar |
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Vahid Ghazi Zahedi as |
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Ali Rahimi as |
| Directing | Oktay Baraheni | Director |
| Camera | Adib Sobhani | Director of Photography |
| Production | Babak Hamidian | Producer |
| Editing | Reza Shahbazi | Editor |
| Writing | Oktay Baraheni | Writer |
| Art | Anahita Taymourian | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Azadeh Ghavam | Costume Design |
| Production | Hanif Soroori | Producer |
| Camera | Javad Jalali | Still Photographer |
| Art | Anahita Teymoorian | Art Direction |
| Production | Arsalan Baraheni | Finance |
| Production | Amirhossein Abdollahi | Finance |
| Costume & Make-Up | Babak Eskandari | Makeup & Hair |
| Writing | Fyodor Dostoevsky | Story |
| Writing | August Strindberg | Story |
| Writing | Ferdowsi | Story |
| Writing | William Shakespeare | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Hesam Naseri | Original Music Composer |
