Absence (2023)
Rouzbeh arrives in Prague, far from his troubled family life in Tehran, to research his father’s past. Visiting the flat where his father, a communist expatriate, lived 50 years ago, in the times of Czechoslovakia, he is stopped by a policewoman investigating a recent accident. The current resident of the flat, Vladimir, who turns out to be Rouzbeh’s half-brother, has fallen out the window. Discovering hidden corners of Vladimir’s life and getting closer to his soul, Rouzbeh learns a shocking truth about his father, totally contradicting the image of a hero he had about him. This puts him on the path which led to Vladimir's fall from the window.
Director: Ali Mosaffa
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Ali Mosaffa as Rouzbeh |
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Leila Hatami as |
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Zuzana Stivínová as |
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Klára Melíšková as |
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Zuzana Kronerová as |
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Magdaléna Borová as |
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Petra Nesvačilová as |
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Antonie Formanová as |
| Directing | Ali Mosaffa | Director |
| Production | Jordi Niubò | Producer |
| Writing | Ali Mosaffa | Writer |
| Camera | Masoud Salami | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Fardin Sahebzamani | Editor |
| Sound | Masoud Salami | Music |
| Production | Ali Mosaffa | Producer |
| Production | Erik Panák | Co-Producer |
| Production | Silvia Panáková | Co-Producer |
| Production | Filip Remunda | Co-Producer |
| Production | Vít Klusák | Co-Producer |