Mina-ye shahr-e khamoosh

An expatriate Iranian surgeon living in Germany is persuaded by a friend of his late father to return to Iran after over 30 years in order to carry out a delicate operation on a former soldier in the Iran-Iraq war. A driver, assigned to drive him around town, introduces him to the numerous changes which have taken place during his absence, while also providing some comic relief in the movie. The surgeon then takes a trip to the south of Iran in order to see the plantation left to him by his father. However, his main reason for the trip is to seek out a girl who used to be his childhood playmate. The trouble with this movie is that it doesn't go anywhere with the many story threads within it and fails to fully develop any of them. The role of the surgeon is played so cold and aloof that it's difficult to have any empathy for him. The only signs of life come from the veteran actor Ezatollah Entezami, playing the pivotal role of the friend of surgeon's late father. This is a pity as the performances are all very good and the story, in particular the section about the surgeon looking for his youth love,had so much potential.