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The Old Bachelor (2025) (پیرپسر)

June 11, 2025 · 192 min · · Drama, Thriller

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.

Director: Oktay Baraheni
Writers: Oktay Baraheni, Fyodor Dostoevsky, August Strindberg, Ferdowsi

Cast

Leila Hatami
Leila Hatami
Raana
Hamed Behdad
Hamed Behdad
Ali Bastani
Hassan Pourshirazi
Hassan Pourshirazi
Gholam Bastani
Mohammad Valizadegan
Mohammad Valizadegan
Reza Bastani
Babak Hamidian
Babak Hamidian
Critic
Fahimeh Rahimnia
Reza Rouygari
Reza Rouygari
Raana's father
Mohammad-Reza Davoudnejad
Mohammad-Reza Davoudnejad
Ghamkhar
Vahid Ghazi Zahedi
Ali Rahimi

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.

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