Hamoun (1990)

Original title

هامون

Directed by

Dariush Mehrjui

Genre

drama film

Country

Iran

Runtime

2h

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle-class Iranian man named Hamid Hamoun falls apart after his wife demands a divorce. The film follows his mental unraveling and his desperate attempts to hold onto his marriage and his sense of self.

melancholicintrospectiveslow-burnemotionally intensebleaksomberfrustratedclaustrophobicpsychedelic

What happens

Hamoun (هامون, also Romanized as Hamoon, Hamun, Hāmoun, Hāmoon, and Hāmun) is a 1989 psychological drama film directed by Dariush Mehrjui. The film tells the story of a middle-class Iranian man — Hamid Hamoun, played by Khosrow Shakibai — and his struggle after his femme fatale wife, Mahshid, played by Bita Farrahi, demands a divorce from him. Hamoun has since gained a cult following in Iran. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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