Director: Medi Sabbaghzadeh
Cast: Khosrow Shakibaiy, Chakameh Chamanmah, Nikou Kheradmand, Ramtin Khodapanahiy, Anoshiravan Arjmand
Sobhaneiy baraie do nafar is a 2005 Iranian social drama directed by Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh. The feature runs one hour and forty-one minutes and sits within the character-driven strand of Iranian cinema from that period.
What is Sobhaneiy baraie do nafar about?
The story follows an established writer who has spent a long stretch of his life apart from other people, keeping largely to himself and to his work. He settles on a new project: a narrative built around the experiences of a young woman he comes to know. As the two meet and talk, the film observes the shifting distance between an older man given to solitude and a younger person whose ordinary days become the material for his book. Much of the drama unfolds in conversation and in small domestic moments rather than in large events, tracing how the act of writing about another person gradually draws the writer back toward human contact. The picture keeps its frame tight, staying with these two central figures and the changing rhythm of their meetings.
Cast & crew
The cast is led by Khosrow Shakibaiy, one of the most recognizable figures of Iranian screen acting, alongside Chakameh Chamanmah. Supporting roles are taken by Nikou Kheradmand, Ramtin Khodapanahiy, Anoshiravan Arjmand and Mehdi Faghih. The ensemble pairs veteran performers with younger players, a combination common in the dialogue-led Iranian dramas of the mid-2000s.
Context & significance
The film was produced in 2005 and directed by Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh, a filmmaker active across several decades of Iranian cinema. It falls within the social-drama category, a strand of Iranian filmmaking that favours intimate, conversation-led stories set in ordinary domestic surroundings. The presence of Khosrow Shakibaiy, whose work spans many notable Iranian productions, places the film among the star vehicles of its year. Its central subject, a writer and the person whose life becomes a book, reflects a recurring interest in Iranian cinema in the relationship between art and everyday experience.
Where & how to watch
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