Leila's Brothers (2022)

Original title

برادران لیلا

Directed by

Saeed Roustayi

Genre

drama film

Country

Iran

Runtime

2h 40m

Rated

TP

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 162 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in her forties tries to hold her family together by convincing her brothers to support a business scheme. The film follows her struggle against financial hardship and family tensions in contemporary Iran.

family dramaintensemelancholicgrittyslow-burnsuspensefulemotionally drainingsocially conscious

What happens

Leila’s Brothers (Persian: برادران لیلا, romanized: Barādarān-e Leilā) is a 2022 Iranian drama film directed, written and co-produced by Saeed Roustayi, starring Taraneh Alidoosti, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Saeed Poursamimi and Payman Maadi. In April 2022, the film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.The film Leila's Brothers is fully funded by the Omid Akhbarati Foundation, and its current full owner is Omid Akhbarati, an Iranian businessman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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