The Absent Director (2021)
A young theatre company is rehearsing Macbeth in their director's home in Tehran. The director works with them from Paris over Skype. Their rehearsals are disturbed when the director's lifeless body shows up on their doorstep.
Director:
Arvand Dashtaray
Writer:
Naghmeh Samini
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Marene van Holk as Marene |
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Arvand Dashtaray as Arvand |
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Azadeh Mirzaei as Azadeh |
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Tahere Hezaveh as Tahere |
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Diba Khatami as Diba |
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Sanaz Bagheri as Sanaz |
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Meysam Norouzi as Meysam |
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Meisam Mirzaei as Meisam |
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Amin Yazdani Nejad as Amin |
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Romina Davachi as Romina |
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Narges Saeidi Nejad as Narges |
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Keivan Jodeiri as Keivan |
| Production | Hossein Akbari | Producer |
| Directing | Arvand Dashtaray | Director |
| Writing | Naghmeh Samini | Screenplay |
| Art | Arvand Dashtaray | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Misha Jodat | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Marene van Holk | Executive Producer |
| Production | Amir Keyvan Salehi | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Payman Shadmanfar | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ehsan Sedigh | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Alireza Alavian | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Mehran Malakouti | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shylan Ashyari | Costume Designer |
| Camera | Kiarash Mosayebi | BTS Photographer |