The Old Bachelor (2025) (پیرپسر)
In an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their bullying father. A man prone to rages and driven by chauvinism, the father’s abusiveness found his second wife leaving him. Now he picks on his eldest son, while the younger sibling fantasises about ways to kill his father. When the man rents out the flat above to a young woman, with intentions of marrying her, the woman’s attraction to the older son slowly pushes this profoundly damaged family to breaking point.
Cast
Crew
- Director: Oktay Baraheni
- Director of Photography: Adib Sobhani
- Producer: Babak Hamidian
- Editor: Reza Shahbazi
- Writer: Oktay Baraheni
- Production Design: Anahita Taymourian
- Costume Design: Azadeh Ghavam
- Producer: Hanif Soroori
- Still Photographer: Javad Jalali
- Art Direction: Anahita Teymoorian
- Finance: Arsalan Baraheni
- Finance: Amirhossein Abdollahi
About
In an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their bullying father. A man prone to rages and driven by chauvinism, the father’s abusiveness found his second wife leaving him. Now he picks on his eldest son, while the younger sibling fantasises about ways to kill his father. When the man rents out the flat above to a young woman, with intentions of marrying her, the woman’s attraction to the older son slowly pushes this profoundly damaged family to breaking point.
