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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Hamed Behdad as Ali Bastani |
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Leila Hatami as Raana |
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Mohammad Valizadegan as Reza Bastani |
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Hassan Pourshirazi as Gholam Bastani |
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Mohammad-Reza Davoudnejad as Ghamkhar |
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Babak Hamidian as Critic |
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Reza Rouygari as Raana's father |
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Fahimeh Rahimnia as Raana's mother |
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Mahsa Bagheri as |
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Hajir Sam Ahmadi as |
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Meysam Ghanizadeh as |
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Azar Mohammadi as |
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Ali Rahimi as |
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Vahid Rahmati as |
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Vahid Ghazi Zahedi as |
| Directing | Oktay Baraheni | Director |
| Writing | Oktay Baraheni | Writer |
| Camera | Adib Sobhani | Director of Photography |
| Production | Babak Hamidian | Producer |
| Editing | Reza Shahbazi | Editor |
| Art | Anahita Taymourian | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Babak Eskandari | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | Anahita Teymoorian | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Azadeh Ghavam | Costume Design |
| Camera | Javad Jalali | Still Photographer |
| Production | Hanif Soroori | Producer |
| Production | Arsalan Baraheni | Finance |
| Production | Amirhossein Abdollahi | Finance |
| Writing | Fyodor Dostoevsky | Story |
| Writing | August Strindberg | Story |
| Writing | Ferdowsi | Story |
| Writing | William Shakespeare | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Hesam Naseri | Original Music Composer |
