MOVIE · 2016

Life and a Day

DramaThriller112 min

On the eve of Somaieh’s marriage, the youngest daughter in a struggling family becomes the center of a household already strained by money, dependence, and buried resentments. Her departure forces everyone to confront what will happen after she’s gone, turning ordinary conversations into sharp, escalating confrontations. In a tightly packed ensemble that includes Payman Maadi and Navid Mohammadzadeh, the film stays close to the family’s cramped domestic world, where affection, obligation, and desperation keep colliding. Saeed Roustayi’s Persian-language drama builds its tension from the pressure of a single home and the fear of what changes when one person leaves it.