Tuba, who works in a weaving factory, is carrying the burden of her husband and four children on her shoulder, trying to make a better life for her children, what she couldn’t have so far. Her eldest son Abbas is so worried about the mother and is searching for a better work, hopeful for a better condition for the family, but he makes the family’s condition worse.
BIOGRAPHY
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Rakhshan Banietemad, born in 1954 Tehran, began to make documentaries for the Iranian National Television in 1979, right after graduating from the University of Dramatic Arts, Tehran. From 1979 to 1987 she focused on making only documentaries. In 1987, she directed her first feature film Off the Limits. In 1991, she became the first woman recipient of the Best Director award for Nargess at Fajr International Film Festival in Iran. In 1995, she won the Bronze Leopard for The Blue Veiled at the Locarno Film Festival. Under the Skin of the City, her next film, was the highest grossing film in Iran in 2000. This film along with Gilaneh (2005) and Mainline (2006), garnered major awards in more than 50 film festivals. |
FILMOGRAPHY
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1. Crime & Punishment Film Festival (30 Sept. – 6 Oct. 2016 / Turkey)