“The midlife crisis of a successful professional man is put into the perspective of eternity”
Director Bahman Farmanara's second film following a 20-year exile from his native Iran depicts the spiritual crisis of a middle-aged man. In the film's dreamlike opening scene, Dr. Reza Sepidbakht (Reza Kianian), a well-off Tehran gynecologist, thinks he runs over an angel while driving home at night with a call girl. The next morning at the hospital where he works, he is shown a comatose boy who is famous for having memorized the entire Koran. These two events cause him to rethink his cynical outlook on life and his relationships with his elderly father, wayward son, and the women he has mistreated since becoming estranged from his wife. When the boy awakens from his coma, Dr. Sepidbakht begins to look to him for answers.
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Cast
17 people
Reza Kianian
Dr. Reza Sepidbakht
Also in
Shahrzad
The Mokhtar Narrative
Hedie Tehrani
Jale Tirandaz
Known for
Fireworks Wednesday
No Date, No Signature
Ezzatollah Entezami
Dr. Sepidbakht's father
Known for
The Cow
Jamshid Mashayekhi
Dr. Latifian
Known for
The Cow
Bita Farrahi
Mrs. Taleghani
Also in
Hamoon
Mainline
Behnaz Jafari
Mojgan Ahadi
Known for
Yalda
Terrestrial Verses
Bita Farahi
nurs
Roya Nownahali
Mrs. Mohammadi
Also in
Shahrzad
Once Upon a Time in Iran
Shabnam Toloui
Secretary
Known for
Women Without Men
Roya Nonahali
mrs mohammadi
Hossein Kasbian
Jale's father
Also in
Downpour
Sultan and Berger
Mohsen Ghazi Moradi
Also in
Under the Skin of the City
We Are All Fine
Bahman Farmanara Director · Ahmad Pezhman Composer Mahmoud Kalari Cinematographer
First release April 1, 2002 · Produced in Iran · Original title خانه ای روی آب
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Iran
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Original title
خانه ای روی آب
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
Iran · April 1, 2002
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No release date listed for United States.
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