Director: Turaj Mansuri
Cast: Ezzatolah Entezami, Nasrin Moghanloo, Shahurad Vossughi, Mahbubeh Bayat, Niku Kheradmand
Baziche is a 1993 Iranian drama-thriller directed by Turaj Mansuri, running 88 minutes. Set in Tehran, the film follows a wealthy young woman whose calculated marriage to her father's driver unravels a web of deception, corporate fraud, and unexpected self-discovery that forces her to choose between escape and responsibility.
What is Baziche about?
Fereshteh grows up in privilege as the daughter of a powerful company executive. When she sets her sights on emigrating to the United States, she orchestrates a marriage to Amir, her father's driver, viewing it purely as a means to secure a visa. Once wed, Amir gradually uncovers her true motives and resolves to keep her from leaving. The situation grows more complicated when the business empire her family name rests upon collapses into scandal — her father has been systematically siphoning funds from clients and quietly channeling them into an account in Fereshteh's name. Confronted with this truth, Fereshteh faces a reckoning that reshapes her values and her understanding of what she actually wants from life.
Cast & crew
Ezzatolah Entezami, one of Iranian cinema's most respected character actors, anchors the film with his portrayal of the morally compromised father. Nasrin Moghanloo plays Fereshteh with a sharpness that keeps the character sympathetic even at her most calculating. Shahurad Vossughi, Mahbubeh Bayat, Niku Kheradmand, and Mehri Vadadian round out a cast that director Turaj Mansuri assembles into a credible portrait of Tehran's upper-middle-class world.
Context & significance
Released in 1993, Baziche arrived during a period when Iranian social cinema was examining class dynamics and gender expectations with unusual directness. The story of a woman using marriage instrumentally — and then confronting the moral cost of that choice — spoke to audiences navigating rapid social change. For diaspora viewers, the film carries an additional layer: the dream of leaving Iran, so central to Fereshteh's plan, echoes the lived experience of many Iranians who emigrated during that era. The thriller undercurrent keeps the pacing sharp, while the drama of a family business fraud gives the film a scope that reaches beyond a simple love story into questions about complicity, inheritance, and what it means to own one's choices.
Where & how to watch
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