Director: Danesh Eghba Shavi
Cast: Fatemeh Soltaninasab, Iran Masoudi, Khayam Vaghar, Mahya Sadrzadeh, Milishia Mehdinejad
Dokhtare Elham is a 2020 Iranian family-social film directed by Danesh Eghba Shavi, running 77 minutes. It follows a female police officer whose routine call about a crowded shopping arcade pulls her into a hidden criminal matter, while her husband, a patrol officer, works the same case from the street level.
What is Dokhtare Elham about?
A female officer serving on the emergency police line receives a call about a disturbance at a busy shopping arcade. What seems like a routine crowd-management complaint soon uncovers something more troubling going on behind the scenes. Meanwhile, her husband — a beat officer with the local precinct — is already on patrol in the area. Their separate vantage points converge as the situation escalates, drawing both officers deeper into a case that tests not just their professional instincts but the pressures of balancing duty with family life. The film keeps its focus on the procedural reality of two officers navigating the same crisis from different ends of the police system.
Cast & crew
The film is directed by Danesh Eghba Shavi. The cast includes Fatemeh Soltaninasab and Iran Masoudi in central roles, with support from Khayam Vaghar, Mahya Sadrzadeh, Milishia Mehdinejad, Morteza Hasanloo, and Sogand Sedighi. The ensemble draws from established Iranian television and cinema performers familiar to domestic audiences.
Context & significance
Iranian police procedural films occupy a distinct space in domestic cinema — they tend to blend social commentary with genre storytelling, often spotlighting the everyday realities of law enforcement in urban Iranian life. Dokhtare Elham is notable for centering a female police officer, reflecting a broader shift in Iranian family and social films toward showing women in professional roles of authority. For diaspora audiences, these stories offer a window into the texture of contemporary Iranian society: the crowded city arcades, the parallel lives of working couples, and the institutional world of the police. The film sits within a genre that speaks to civic life and family responsibility simultaneously, making it accessible viewing for audiences of all ages.
Where & how to watch
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