Expected to be in attendance: Director Pourya Dow

Expected to be in attendance: Writer, Producer Mona Sartoveh, Cinematographer, Producer Patrick Ruth, Producer Pourya Dow, Actor David Dian, Actor Myriam Cyr, Executive Producer Mia Antonia, Executive Producer Silvio Porciatti, Executive Producer Margie Sullivan, Editor Joshua Sklaroff, Actor Jadé Porciatti, Actor Mike Malvesti, Actor Josephine Cardin, Actor Zacharie Lanoue, Executive Producer Michelle Balconi, Actor Paul Antonilli

Amir, a 60-year-old Iranian man, arrives in Hingham, Massachusetts, on a tourist visa and rents an Airbnb across the street from the house of Fariborz—an old friend and former comrade from the Iran-Iraq war, now living with his distant wife and young grandson. They haven’t seen each other in over forty years.

Curious and uncertain, Amir begins observing Fariborz’s life from a distance. Suspicions arise, and he is forced to reveal himself, and the two men finally come face to face. What begins as a quiet reunion slowly uncovers a bond far deeper than friendship—a love born during war but never spoken, never lived.

This one’s a find: An Iranian drama set on Boston’s South Shore, about Fariborz (David Diaan), a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War now settled into life as a Massachusetts fisherman, husband and father, and the appearance of a former platoon-mate, Amir (Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam), carrying a secret from their past. Written and directed by Pourya Azerbayjani Dow, a filmmaker in exile, with flashes of meta-awareness that recall the greats of the Iranian New Wave.
—Ty Burr

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