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2020 | Fictional Film | 101'

Pari


When Babak, an Iranian student in Greece, doesn’t show up to welcome his parents at the Athens international airport, his mother, Pari, is forced to go on a quest that will take her much further than a mother’s search for a missing son.

Pari and her older husband Farrokh are ill-prepared to search for a fugitive in an intimidating alien environment. They are devout Muslims, this is their first time abroad and they hardly speak any English. Soon they reach a dead end and when a tragic incident commands Pari’s return back to Iran, she does the unthinkable; she continues the search alone.

Following the steps of her rebellious son, Pari uses everything and everyone to reach the darkest corners of the city, as well as the hidden depths of her own soul.


Siamak Etemdis erster Film ist ein intensives Porträt der Stadt Athen und deren Bewohner unterschiedlicher Kulturen, eine Geschichte der Emanzipation und des Erwachens eines politischen Bewusstseins. Pari zeigt, dass es nie zu spät ist, den Mut zu finden, der in einem selbst liegt.

Directed by

Siamak Etemadi

Scenario

Siamak Etemadi

Camera

Claudio Bolivar

Edited by

Panos Voutsaras

Music

Pierre Aviat

Cast

Melika Foroutan, Shahbaz Noshir, Sofia Kokkali, Argyris Padazaras, Lena Kitsopoulou, Dimitris Xanthopoulos

Produced by

Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Giorgos Karnavas

Co-producers

Gabrielle Dumon, Frans van Gestel & Laurette Schillings, Boris Chouchkov, Dan Wechsler & Jamal Zeinal Zade, Dimitris Kontovrakis

Language

Persian, English, Greek

Subtitle

German

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