Under the Skin of the City (2005)
Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into trouble due to his burgeoning career in radical politics; and an older son who goes to great lengths--such as attempting to sell the family's meager house--in order to get an engineering job in Japan as a means of getting out of Iran.
Director:
Rakhshan Banietemad
Writers:
Rakhshan Banietemad, Farid Mostafavi.
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Mohammad Reza Foroutan as |
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Golab Adine as |
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Baran Kosari as |
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Ebrahim Sheibani as |
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Mohsen Ghazi Moradi as |
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Mehraveh Sharifinia as |
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Homeira Riazi as |
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Alireza Osivand as |
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Ahmad Yavari Shad as |
| Directing | Rakhshan Banietemad | Director |
| Writing | Rakhshan Banietemad | Screenplay |
| Writing | Farid Mostafavi | Screenplay |
| Production | Rakhshan Banietemad | Producer |
| Production | Jahangir Kosari | Producer |
| Camera | Hossein Jafarian | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mostafa Kherghehpoosh | Editor |
| Art | Omid Mohit | Production Design |
| Directing | Nava Rohani | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ebrahim Sheibani | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Mohammad Reza Delpak | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Asghar Shahverdi | Sound |