Azar

Overview

A non-traditional wife and mother, Azar (Karimi) is first seen racing her dirt bike over a hilly track while her husband Amir (Azarang) and young daughter cheer her on. Co-equal with her liberal-minded husband in marriage and in their fledgling business venture, a café with a thriving carryout trade, she is forced to meet an unequal challenge in which the strict pecking order of a family dominated by misogynist uncle, a business loan with strings attached, a black sheep son with a hidden agenda, and a tragic accident add up to a scenario in which Azar is targeted as the unwilling sacrificial victim. (Gene Siskel Film Center)

Cast

Niki Karimi

Hamidreza Azarang

Farid Sajjadi Hosseini

Leila Zare

Shirin Aghakashi

Pejman Jamshidi

Hasti Mahdavifar

Mehran Nael

Hossein Maleki

Houman Seyyedi