Director: Masoud Jafari Jozani
Cast: Sahar Jafari Jozani, Arman Darvish, Mehdi Ahmadi, Roya Teymourian, Amir Tarokh
Poshte Divare Sokoot is a 2019 Iranian drama film directed by Masoud Jafari Jozani, following a social worker whose relentless pursuit of buried truths forces him and those around him to confront the weight of collective silence in contemporary Iranian society.
What is Poshte Divare Sokoot about?
A determined social worker navigates a world where painful realities are routinely hidden behind closed doors and unspoken agreements. Driven by a professional obligation that has become deeply personal, he begins pulling back layers of institutional silence, exposing circumstances that those in power would prefer to keep buried. His investigation draws in a circle of people — colleagues, subjects, and bystanders — each carrying their own relationship with secrecy and shame. As the stakes rise, the film asks whether the truth, once uncovered, can actually change anything, or whether silence reasserts itself as the path of least resistance.
Cast & crew
Director Masoud Jafari Jozani, a veteran of Iranian cinema, co-wrote the screenplay alongside Sahar Jafari Jozani, who also leads the cast. The film features Arman Darvish, Mehdi Ahmadi, Roya Teymourian, Amir Tarokh, and Behzad Farahani — a cast drawn from Iran's established theatrical and screen tradition, lending the drama a grounded, realist texture.
Context & significance
Films that probe social silence have occupied a significant place in Iranian cinema since the 1990s, and Poshte Divare Sokoot stands within that lineage. For diaspora viewers, this kind of drama carries particular resonance: it mirrors the double lives many families navigated, the things left unsaid across generations, and the tension between communal loyalty and individual conscience. Jafari Jozani's track record in socially engaged storytelling makes this entry a meaningful one for Persian-speaking audiences who value cinema that reflects real Iranian lives rather than escapist entertainment.
Where & how to watch
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