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The Paternal House

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The consequences of a father and son's violent act reverberates through three generations of their family.

Critics Reviews

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Steve Erickson Gay City News 02/15/2018
... it plays like an epic, multi-generational melodrama. Go to Full Review Chris Buckle The Skinny 06/25/2014
3/5
The film charts the legacy of patriarchal violence across further generations of the same Tehran household, with a series of single-act scenes taking place in '46, '66, right up to '96 ... Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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10/22/2016 Banned in Iran, this family drama about the ghost of an honour killing haunting generations of the titular household is intensely unnerving and unflinchingly honest. See more 06/27/2016 A hard to watch but eye-opening look at several generations of Iranian history from both male and female perspectives. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Kianoush Ayari

Director

Ainaz Azarhoush

Tahereh

Nazanin Farahani

Masumeh

Mojdeh Hamrang

Actor

Mehdi Hashemi

Actor

Naser Hashemi

Actor

Movie Info

Synopsis The consequences of a father and son's violent act reverberates through three generations of their family.
Director
Kianoush Ayari
Producer
Kianoush Ayari, Ali Solteni
Screenwriter
Kianoush Ayari
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Persian
Runtime
1h 37m