Falling House

Fiction - Feature

A modest family on the outskirts of Tehran faces the imminent destruction of their home as a part of a vast redevelopment project. While Rashid, the father and a prison guard, is being accused of corruption, he discovers that his eldest daughter, Ensi, is secretly planning to leave Iran to become a model. As the bulldozers draw ever closer, the tensions within the household start to rise.

Producers: 

Milad Khosravi, Mohsen Gharaei – Seven Springs Pictures

RaeFilm Studio: Odessa Rae

3SIX9 Studios: Daya Fernández, Amaury Nolasco, Alois Rubenbauer

Co-Producers:

Basis Berlin Filmproduktion: Uschi Feldges, Ansgar Frerich

Zentropa Germany: Solmaz Azizi

Executive Producers:

Kevin Obarski,Steven Franey, Ross Carmel, Shani Hinton, Atilla Yücer, Jon Kilik, Ludovica Quaratesi

Director of Photography:

Farshad Mohammadi

Music by:
Max Richter

Editors:
Evelyn Rack
Emad Khodabakhsh

Production Designer:
Amirhossein Ghodsi

Costume Designer:
Neda Nasr

Sound Design:

Ansgar Frerich, Manuel Timm, Robert Hefter

Make-up Design:
Mehrdad Mirkiani

Production Countries: Iran, Germany, USA

Director: Mohsen Gharaei

Cast:

  • Laleh Marzban
  • Farhad Aslani
  • Rima Raminfar
  • Elena Khakbazan

Screenplay: Mohsen Gharaei, Amirmohammad Abdi

Cinematography: Farshad Mohammadi

Editors: Evelyn Rack, Emad Khodabakhsh

Production Design: Amirhossein Ghodsi

Sound: Ansgar Frerich, Manuel Timm, Robert Hefter

Costume Design : Neda Naser

Hair & Make-up: Mehrdad Mirkiani

Links and Reviews

Paradise City Sales has boarded worldwide sales on Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Gharaei’s latest feature, “Falling House” which is set to world premiere in the Horizons section at the Venice Film Festival. Read More…