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Director:
Khashayar Khalili
Filmmaker's profile
Nazanin (49) hides an identity struggle in her Iranian home. When daughter Mahta (24) visits, she suspects an affair. As tensions rise, Nazanin breaks down, rejecting her male identity. The next day, she and Mahta silently bury a goldfish—symbolizing freedom—before walking toward a new understanding
Duration: 19min.
Country: Germany, Poland
Language: German, Persian
Year: 2025
Genre: Fiction (Drama)
Topic: Activism, Cinema, Gender, Immigration, LGBTQ, Sexuality, Women
Director: Khashayar Khalili
Production company: Hochschule Darmstadt (University)
Writer: Khashayar Khalili, Mojdeh* (Anonym iranian trans* woman)
Cinematographer: Gabor Baumgarten
Editor: Hamid Najafirad, Bastian Faralisch
Music: Kourosh Yaghmaie, Perschya Chehrazi
Actors: Roxana Samadi , Majid Bakhtiari , Sanaz Safaie , Lara Aylin Winkler
Distributor Company: Not yet
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