“RONA, AZIM’S MOTHER”
(RONA, MADAR-E AZIM)
SYNOPSIS
Azim, an Afghan refugee, who works at the municipality at night, lives in Tehran along with his family. Being the head of entire family and as the eldest brother, he arranges for his brother Faroogh, and his family along with their mother to be smuggled into Germany. But at the last moments Faroogh, shamefully makes his decision known to Azim that he’s not going to take their mother who is very attached to her grandchildren. Azim who feels lonely and
is furious. accidentalv fnds out that his mother is in dire need of a kidney transplant, otherwise she’ll die in 2 months. During his search for a donor, he discovers that ranians are not legalv permitted to donate their organs to foreigners and he is the only donor although the doctor recommends him seriously not to do so. Now, he has to choose between his own life and his
Director: Jamshid Mahmoudi
Screenplay: Jamshid Mahmoudi
Director of Photography: Koohyar Kalari
Sound: Mehdi Saleh-Kermaani
Sound Mix: Bahman Ardalan
Music: Sahand Mehdizadeh
Makeup Designer: Saeed Malekan
Editor: Jamshid Mahmoudi
Assistant Director: Rouzbeh Saadi
Set Designer: Mehdi Moosavi
Still Photographer: Fattah Zinouri
Production Manager: Alireza Bagher-Beigi
Investor: Navid Mahmoudi
Producer: Navid Mahmoudi
Cast: Mohsen Tanabandeh (Azim), Mojtaba Pirzadeh (Faroogh), Fatemeh Hosseini (Rona), Fereshteh Hosseini (Hengameh), Fatemen Mirzaei (Asemeh), Alireza Ostadi (Fazel), and Saeed Changizian (the mute).
Color, 4K, 16:9, 1:2/39, Surround 5.1, 24 fps, 89 min, 2018, Afghanistan- Iran
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DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
Jamshid Mahmoudi was born in 1983 in Afghanistan. He was hardly one-year-old when his family sought refuge in Pakistan. and then in Iran.
After high school graduation, he passed the entrance exam for Tehran’s University of Art but preferred to work with his older brother, Navid who is a producer. He was an assistant director in many TV films and features before directing his first TV film in 2008 and 3 others after that. In
2012. finally he directed his first feature.
“A Few Cubic Meters of Love”, inspired by a true story that took place in Kabul. The film was
introduced from Afohanistan to Oscar 2014 It attended ahout 35 International festivals that hrought the film 8 awards In 2016 he worked as the scriptwriter. the producer and editor of the feature film named “Parting” of his brother.
“Rona Azim’s Mother” is his second feature film as
the director and scrintwriter