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

Odessa Rae – Raefilm Studios

Daya Fernandez, Amaury Nolasco, Alois Ruberbaur – 3SIX9 Studios

Uschi Feldges, Ansgar Frerich – Basis Berlin Filmproduktion

Solmaz Azizi – Zentropa Germany

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…