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The Friend's House Is Here

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Critics Reviews

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Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com 3d
This is a powerful film about the importance of performance that perceptively knows what it wants to be and approaches its artistic goals with confidence and defiance. Go to Full Review Tomris Laffly Variety 4d
Shot entirely in secret like recent Jafar Panahi films, and paying homage to Abbas Kiarostami in the title, Hossein Keshavarz and Maryam Ataei's film is both freshly contemporary and rooted in history. Go to Full Review David Ehrlich IndieWire 5d
B+
Even that digression is tender, lived-in, and relevant to the relationship between self-preservation and community under authoritarian rule, which this soft but subversive film convincingly brings together as one and the same. Go to Full Review Sean P. Means The Movie Cricket 1d
3.5/4
Bahram and Mana deliver a twinned pair of strong performances, as the oh-so-serious Pari and the vivacious Hanna work to keep their artistic voices and their cluster of collaborative friends intact. Go to Full Review Gregory Ellwood The Playlist 4d
A-
The Friend's House is a remarkable depiction of life in contemporary Iran that will haunt you for weeks. Not because the events in the film are tragic. But because you are afraid these artists won't come close to this freedom again for years to come Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Hossein Keshavarz

Director

Maryam Ataei

Director

Mahshad Bahram

Actor

Hana Mana

Actor

Farzad Karen

Actor

Zohreh Pirnia

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Movie Info

Director
Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei
Producer
Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei
Screenwriter
Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei
Production Co
Alma Linda Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Persian
Runtime
1h 36m