Café Setareh
In Farsi with English subtitles • Through the watchful eye of director Saman Moghaddam, we follow the lives of three Iranian women: Faribah, who runs the neighborhood Café Setareh; young Salome, who dreams of marriage and a comfortable life; and middle-aged Moluk, who has her eye on a younger man. As they navigate the lively living rooms, quiet back streets and private apartments of their tight-knit community in modern Tehran, we see how the deeply engrained codes of moral conduct, family obligation and gender roles affect the inner lives of these women and their families. This intriguing film speaks to the universal experiences of love, loss, honor and duty that transcend time and place. Perhaps more importantly, Moghaddam demystifies the Iranian experience, illustrating how, no matter where we live or what we do, we all share the same deep-seated desires to be happy, healthy and free. — N. Isaacs
Director: Saman Moghaddam
Producer: Mostafa Shayesteh
Screenwriter: Peyman Moadi
Cinematographer: Bahram Badakhshani
Editor: Mohammad Reza Moueini
Cast: Afsaneh Baygan, Pejman Bazeghi, Haniyeh Tavasoli, Roya Teimalrian
Print Source: Farabi Cinema Foundation
1st Floor, No. 19, Delbar Alley, Toos St.
Valiye-Asr Ave.
Tehran, 19617
Iran
