The Paternal House
97 mins
A young woman is murdered by her own father, with the help of her younger brother. She is secretly buried in the cellar, a space where the women of the family weave carpets and perform other domestic chores. Her loss, or perhaps her presence, continues to haunt the family as it reverberates through the following generations. Ayyari’s film is staged exclusively in this house and was banned several times in Iran.
Mojde Hamrang
Reyhane
Setare Mirmohammad
Sakine
Goli Sharifloo
Farkhonde (Middle-Aged)
Mehdi Kheyrollahi
Rajab
Eghlima Raisi
Ehteram
Rasoul Salimian
Alireza
Shahrokh Dastourtabar
Executive Producer
Farhad Ghodsi
Editor
Hossein Salehian
Makeup Designer
Asghar Nejadimani
Production Designer
Asghar Nejadimani
Costume Designer
Azam Rahmani
Makeup Designer
Hassan Aghakarimi
Production Manager
Ali Hosseini
Sound Mixer
Saeed Salehi
Sound Recordist
Reza Sepehri
Lighting Technician
Navid Bani
First Assistant Director
Nima Aghakarimi
Assistant Camera
Mohammad Kashfi
Sound Mixer
Mazdak Ayyari
Still Photographer