This article needs additional citations for verification. (August 2021) |
Cease Fire (Persian:آتشبس, romanized: Atashbas) is a 2006 rom-com Iranian film written and directed by Tahmineh Milani, starring Mohammad Reza Golzar, Mahnaz Afshar, and Atila Pesyani. The movie shows a young couple who are seeking divorce, but end up realizing that they just need to face their Inner child to overcome their difficulties.
| Cease Fire | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tahmineh Milani |
| Written by | Tahmineh Milani |
| Produced by | Mohammad Nikbin |
| Starring | Mohammad Reza Golzar Mahnaz Afshar Atila Pesyani Ahmad Mehranfar |
| Cinematography | Alireza Zarindast |
| Edited by | Mastane Mohajer |
| Music by | Naser Cheshmazar |
Release date |
|
Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | Iran |
| Language | Persian |
Plot
editThe film begins by showing a married couple Sayeh (Mahnaz Afshar) and her husband, Yousef (Mohammad Reza Golzar) who are both stubborn and spend a lot of their time trying to top the others latest outrageous adventure at getting even. Scene after scene, the quarreling couple play childish pranks on each other. The movie goes on with showing that Sayeh wants to seek divorce, but by mistake knocks on the door of a psychiatrist (Atila Pesyani) instead of a lawyer. She is soon discovered in the psychiatrist's office by her husband, Yousef. The psychiatrist informs both that their problem is that they are not behaving maturely, so that they need to live apart from each other for a week. In a week they come back to the psychiatrist, and he tells them that they are trying to act out their “inner child.” He suggests that they need to talk with their inner child. They come back and see the psychiatrist who realizes that they have overcome their difficulties and coped with their "inner child." The couple change their minds about getting a divorce.
Cast
edit- Mohammad Reza Golzar as Yousef
- Mahnaz Afshar as Saye
- Atila Pesyani as The Psychiatrist
- Ahmad Mehranfar as Darab
- Kaykavous Yakide as Ahmad
- Niloufar Khoshkhoulgh as Laleh
- Elsa Firuz Azaar as The Secretary
- Mahboubeh Bayat as Yousef's Mother
- Nersi Korkia as Yousef's Father
- Babak Vali as Lawyer
Release
editCease Fire has been awarded in the Fajr Film Festival.[citation needed] It grossed $82,362 in Iran.[1][failed verification] The film has been described as the Iranian Mr. & Mrs. Smith since it includes a bit of Tom and Jerry cartoons, the writer and director Tahmineh Milani tries to show the comedian exaggerations of the film.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Convert Iranian Rials (IRR) and United States Dollars (USD): Currency Exchange Rate Conversion Calculator".
- ^ ".: Iranian Movie DataBase فيلم آتش بس". Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
External links
edit- Cease Fire at IMDb
- Cease Fire on Facebook
 | This article related to an Iranian film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |