Underplayed Gems

The Obtrusive Wife (1953)

The Obtrusive Wife poster
Directed by
Serge Azaryan
Genre
comedy film
Country
Iran
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A man deals with his wife who keeps getting in the way. The film follows their comic conflicts at home.

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What happens

The Obtrusive Wife (Persian: Hamsare mozahem) is a 1953 Iranian comedy film directed by Serge Azaryan and Hassan Kheradmand and starring Sadegh Bahrami. The second production of Diana Film, It was released on March 20, 1953, at the Cinema Diana after six months of production. Like most films of the era, it was produced on 35 mm black and white film (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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