Tehran: City of Love

2018
1h 42m

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Three disenchanted characters: an ex-champion bodybuilder, an overweight beauty clinic secretary and a dispirited religious singer, yearn for love and connection in Tehran.Three disenchanted characters: an ex-champion bodybuilder, an overweight beauty clinic secretary and a dispirited religious singer, yearn for love and connection in Tehran.Three disenchanted characters: an ex-champion bodybuilder, an overweight beauty clinic secretary and a dispirited religious singer, yearn for love and connection in Tehran.

Director
- Ali Jaberansari
Writers
- Ali Jaberansari
- Maryam Najafi
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7.0/10

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Director
- Ali Jaberansari
Writers
- Ali Jaberansari
- Maryam Najafi
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total

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Ali Jaberansari's 2nd feature film.

Connections
References Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

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Iranian writer-director Ali Jaberansari's bittersweet tale

Iranian writer-director Ali Jaberansari's bittersweet tale about searching for romantic fulfilment in contemporary Tehran cuts between three disillusioned middle-aged individuals: an overweight salon receptionist (Forough Ghajabagli) who catfishes male customers, a poker-faced former bodybuilding champion (Amir Hessam Bakhtiari) and a glum funeral singer (Mehdi Saki) who's broken up with his fiancée. Unfolding in a milieu of private gyms, designer cafés and cosmetic procedures, Tehran: City Of Love possesses a deadpan humour reminiscent of Aki Kaurismäki, while the precisely framed static compositions convey how stifled its characters feel within their lonely lives.