It's Winter

Unemotional, restrained cinematographic poem, situated in a wintry and poor suburb of Tehran. A man is dismissed and his lack of prospects for the future make him decide to seek his happiness abroad. He leaves his wife and child behind and for a long time nothing is heard of him. Then a stranger turns up, a car mechanic looking for a job. The attractive single mother can’t resist his attentions. Very subtly, a struggle ensues that reflects that of a whole generation of young doubting Iranians who may want to leave the country, but hardly know how to start.

Director: Rafi Pitts

Cast

Mitra Hajjar

Khatoun

A

Ali Nicksaulat

Marhab

H

Hashem Abdi

Mokhtar

S

Said Orkani

Ali Reza

Z

Zahra Jafari

Kleines Mädchen

V

Valiollah Sali

Mokhtars Chef

S

Safari Ghassemi

Großmutter

H

Hossein Hadgbegi

Café Besitzer