FILM TITLE

Leila’s Brothers

16+

19th March 2023 | 11:00 AM
Stein Auditorium

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Image-Description
Country
Iran
Genre

Drama

Language
Persian
Duration
165 mins
Director

Saeed Roustayi

Festival And Awards

Cannes Film Festival 2022 – Winner, FIPRESCI Prize; Golden Rooster Awards 2022 – Winner, Audience Award; Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival 2022; Munich Film Festival 2022 - ARRI/OSRAM Award - Special Mention    

Synopsis

At 40 years old, Leila has spent her whole life taking care of her parents and her four brothers.The family argues constantly and is crushed by debts, in a country caught in the grip of international economic sanctions. As her brothers are trying to make ends meet, Leila formulates a plan to start a family business that would save them from poverty. While they are in desperate need of financial support, Leila finds out that their father Esmail has been secretly hiding a family heirloom.

  • Cast

    Taraneh Alidoosti, Saeed Poursamimi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Payman Maadi, Farhad Aslani, Mohammad Ali Mohammadi, Nayereh Farahani, Mehdi Hoseininia                      

  • Producer

    Saeed Roustaee, Javad Noruzbegi                                                            &

  • Screenplay

    Saeed Roustayi    

  • Cinematography

    Hooman Behmanesh

  • Editing

    Bahram Dehghan                                                             

  • Sound

    Iraj Shahzadi, Rashid Daneshmand

  • Music