Underplayed Gems

Consternation (2018)

Consternation poster
Directed by
Abbas Rafei
Country
Iran
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In present-day Iran, a middle-class couple who separated twenty years ago reunite and try to strengthen their love by arranging for their children to marry a couple from a lower social class. This choice unexpectedly begins to tear both families apart.

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What happens

بهت فیلمی به کارگردانی و نویسندگی عباس رافعی و تهیه‌کنندگی محمد نشاط محصول سال ۱۳۹۶ است. زوجی از قشر متوسط ایران امروز، پس از ۲۰ سال فراق اکنون که همدیگر را یافته‌اند برای تحکیم این عشق، سرنوشت بچه‌هایشان را با زوجی از طبقه پایین جامعه گره می‌زنند، غافل از اینکه این آغازی برای فروپاشی هر ۲ خانواده است. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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