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2.6/5 Mubi Produced by Dariush Mehrjui Initial release 2004 Producer Dariush Mehrjui | 7.2/10 IMDb Directed by Dariush Mehrjui Cinematography Touraj Mansouri Director Dariush Mehrjui Costume design Mohsen Shah Ebrahimi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Dariush Mehrjui
Vahideh Mohmmadifar
Houshang Moradi Kermani Starring Golab Adineh
Parsa Pirouzfar
Amin Hayai
Hasan Pourshirazi
Farideh Sepah-Mansour Music by Emad Bonakdar
Amin Mirshekari Screenplay Dariush Mehrjui, Houshang Moradi Kermani Cast Parsa Pirouzfar, Nasrin Moghanloo, Amin Hayai, Golab Adineh, Hassan Pourshirazi Similar Pari, Santouri, The Tenants, Hamoun, The Cow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mum's Guest (Persian: مهمان مامان, translit. Mehman-e Maman, Romanized as Mehmān-e Māmān) is a 2004 Iranian family comedy film directed by Dariush Mehrjui. It is based on a book of the same name by Iranian author, Houshang Moradi Kermani. It was commissioned by Sima Film, the film studio of Iranian national broadcaster, IRIB. It did very well at the Iranian box office and won a number of prizes at the 22nd Fajr Film Festival.
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Plot
Mrs. Effat (Golab Adineh), a mother of two, receives word that her nephew and his wife are going to be visiting. Despite not being wealthy, Mr. Effat tries to prepare a respectable dinner party with the help of her cinema loving husband, Mr. Effat (Hasan Pourshirazi) and her two children. Amir and Bahareh. Meanwhile the Effat's drug addict neighbour, Yusuf (Parsa Pirouzfar) is desperate for some drugs after his wife has flushed his stash down the toilet. The eccentric old lady (Farideh Sepah-Mansour) who takes care of her chicken is also not making things much easier...
Awards and nominations
22nd Fajr International Film Festival: