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The Friend's House Is Here

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Within Tehran's underground art scene, two young women create a blissful world of freedom and sisterhood. When their creative community is exposed, they must fight to protect each other.

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David Fear Rolling Stone Feb 5
The fact that Keshavarz and Ataei’s extraordinary slice of life under a repressive regime had to be smuggled out of the country in order to play in Park City only underlines the importance of free expression as a form of resistance. Amazing. Go to Full Review Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com Jan 30
This is a powerful film about the importance of performance that perceptively knows what it wants to be and approaches its artistic goals with confidence and defiance. Go to Full Review Tomris Laffly Variety Jan 29
Shot entirely in secret like recent Jafar Panahi films, and paying homage to Abbas Kiarostami in the title, Hossein Keshavarz and Maryam Ataei's film is both freshly contemporary and rooted in history. Go to Full Review Anna Miller But Why Tho? A Geek Community 3d
9/10
The mere existence of a film such as The Friend’s House is Here stands as a reminder that there will always be a future worth fighting for, and people left worth fighting alongside. Go to Full Review Ray Pride Newcity 4d
10/10
The best [Sundance] film I caught, an elegant widescreen drama with characters in the Tehran underground... confidence and elegance... loving and lovely, the story’s rhythms seducing, then alarming... Go to Full Review Aviva Dove-Viebahn Ms. Magazine 5d
In The Friend’s House Is Here, friendship is the glue that holds communities together, making life beautiful even when the ugliness of the world threatens at the door. The film…makes a powerful point about art itself as a tool of resistance and hope. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Hossein Keshavarz

Director

Maryam Ataei

Director

Mahshad Bahram

Actor

Hana Mana

Actor

Farzad Karen

Actor

Zohreh Pirnia

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Movie Info

Synopsis Within Tehran's underground art scene, two young women create a blissful world of freedom and sisterhood. When their creative community is exposed, they must fight to protect each other.
Director
Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei
Producer
Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei
Screenwriter
Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei
Production Co
Alma Linda Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Persian
Runtime
1h 36m