Absence
6.3
Rouzbeh arrives in Prague, far from his troubled family life in Tehran, to research his father’s past. Visiting the flat where his father, a communist expatriate, lived 50 years ago, in the times of Czechoslovakia, he is stopped by a policewoman investigating a recent accident. The current resident of the flat, Vladimir, who turns out to be Rouzbeh’s half-brother, has fallen out the window. Discovering hidden corners of Vladimir’s life and getting closer to his soul, Rouzbeh learns a shocking truth about his father, totally contradicting the image of a hero he had about him. This puts him on the path which led to Vladimir's fall from the window.
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Cast
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Ali Mosaffa
Rouzbeh
Known for
The Past
Leila Hatami
Known for
A Separation
Zuzana Stivínová
Known for
Underworld: Blood Wars
Spaceman
Klára Melíšková
Known for
I, Olga Hepnarova
Zuzana Kronerová
Also in
Ice Mother
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Magdaléna Borová
Also in
Strážmajster Topinka
Vedlejší produkt
Petra Nesvačilová
Also in
One Family
Osada
Antonie Formanová
Known for
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Ali Mosaffa Director · Masoud Salami Cinematographer Fardin Sahebzamani Editor
First release October 21, 2021 · Produced in Czechia, Iran, Slovakia · Languages Czech, English, Persian, Slovak
Production
Ali Mosaffa Productions
Production
i/o post
Production
Arina
Production
Czechia · Iran · Slovakia
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Languages
Original title
نبودن
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Czech · English · Persian · Slovak
Release dates
Brazil · October 21, 2021
Premiere · 45th SP Int'l Cine Festival
Czechia · November 30, 2023
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Bulgaria
January 23, 2022 · Premiere · Sofia MENAR Film Festival
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