Only Men Go To The Grave
2016 · Movie · 80 min. · Iran
After the Iraq-Iran war ended in 1988, a blind mother welcomes her estranged daughters to tell them a secret. Unfortunately, she accidentally dies while sharing it. During the funeral, the daughters try to deal with their mother’s sudden death and also work together to unveil her secret by looking for clues from visitors. Throughout the funeral, their own lives continue to unravel, giving room for buried family tensions to gradually surface, while struggling to deal with their own secrets and deep-rooted guilt. The daughters start to question everything about their mother’s life after a peculiar encounter…
Direction Abdulla Al Kaabi
Cast Salimeh Rangzan · Hebe Sabah · Abdelreza Nasari
Soundtrack Abdulla Al Kaabi
Screenplay Abdulla Al Kaabi · Félix Sabroso · Dunia Ayaso
Cinematography Payman Shadmanfar
Original title Al-rijal Faqat End Al-dafn (Only Men Go To The Grave)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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