Director: Mitra Raeismohamamdi
Cast: Mahtab Servati, Mahsa Bagheri, Raham Heydarali, Armina Khandan
Tame Shirine Tariki is a 2023 Iranian short drama film directed by Mitra Raeismohamamdi, running approximately twenty minutes. The film centers on a seven-year-old boy who strongly identifies with the Batman character, and on his mother, whose inner world forms the emotional counterweight to her son's childhood imagination.
What is Tame Shirine Tariki about?
A seven-year-old child has fully embraced the identity of a superhero — specifically Batman — and channels that persona into daring challenges he sets for himself and the children around him. He urges his friends to walk blindfolded through darkened stairwells and along the street, testing the boundary between imagination and reality. Alongside this childhood world, the film follows the boy's mother, a woman carrying a quiet exhaustion that has settled deep into her daily life. The two emotional registers — the child's bold, imaginative play and the mother's inner weariness — unfold in close proximity, forming the film's central tension.
Cast & crew
The film is directed by Mitra Raeismohamamdi, an Iranian filmmaker working in short-form drama. The cast includes Mahtab Servati and Mahsa Bagheri in the adult roles, with Raham Heydarali and Armina Khandan also appearing. Mahtab Servati is a well-known presence in Iranian cinema and television, lending the project recognizable talent within a compact runtime.
Context & significance
Short films occupy a significant and respected place in Iranian cinema, often serving as the proving ground for emerging directors and as a format in which character-driven storytelling can be explored without commercial constraints. Tame Shirine Tariki fits squarely within a tradition of intimate Iranian domestic dramas that focus on the unspoken emotional lives of mothers and children. For diaspora viewers, such films offer a window into the textures of everyday Iranian family life — the weight carried by adults alongside the untouched optimism of childhood. The film's brief runtime does not diminish its ambition; Iranian short drama has consistently demonstrated that twenty minutes can carry the full emotional range of a feature.
Where & how to watch
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