The Old Bachelor

In an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their bullying father. A man prone to rages and driven by chauvinism, the father’s abusiveness found his second wife leaving him. Now he picks on his eldest son, while the younger sibling fantasises about ways to kill his father. When the man rents out the flat above to a young woman, with intentions of marrying her, the woman’s attraction to the older son slowly pushes this profoundly damaged family to breaking point.

Cast

Leila Hatami

Raana

Hamed Behdad

Ali Bastani

Hassan Pourshirazi

Gholam Bastani

Mohammad Valizadegan

Reza Bastani

Babak Hamidian

Critic