Blockage (Persian: سد معبر, romanized: Sade Ma'bar) is a 2017 Iranian drama film directed by Mohsen Gharaie and written by Saeed Roustayi. The film screened for the first time at the 35th Fajr Film Festival and received 4 nominations.
It was released on December 27, 2017, in Iran theatrically.
Premise Ghasem (Hamed Behdad), a municipality employee uses his position to put his hands on other people's money to collect enough to buy a truck, while his wife Narges (Baran Kosari) threatens to abort their child if he does not buy a house with their savings.
Cast
Hamed Behdad as Ghasem Baran Kosari as Narges Nader Fallah as Rasool Gity Ghasemi as Razieh Mohsen Kiaee as Mehdi Negar Abedi as Mona Alireza Kamali as Ghasem's colleague Bahram Sorouri Nejad
Reception
Critical response
Accolades YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult2017Fajr Film FestivalBest Supporting ActressGity GhasemiBest Supporting ActorNader FallahBest ScreenplaySaeed RoustayiBest EditorSepideh Abdolvahab2018Hafez AwardsBest Motion PictureBahman KamyarBest Director – Motion PictureMohsen GharaieBest Actor – Motion PictureNader FallahHamed BehdadBest Actress – Motion PictureBaran KosariBest Screenplay – Motion PictureSaeed RoustayiBest Editor – Motion PictureSepideh Abdolvahab2017Busan International Film Festival New Currents AwardMohsen Gharaie2018Iran Cinema Celebration Best Actor In a Leading RoleHamed BehdadBest Actor in a Supporting RoleNader FallahBest Production DesignHojat Ashtari2017Iran's Film Critics and Writers AssociationBest Actor In a Leading RoleHamed BehdadBest Actor in a Supporting RoleNader FallahBest Actress in a Supporting RoleGity GhasemiBest EditorSepideh Abdolvahab2018Malaysia International Film FestivalBest ActorHamed BehdadBest Supporting ActressGity GhasemiBest FilmMohsen GharaieBest DirectorMohsen GharaieBest ScreenplaySaeed Roustayi2018Sofia International Film FestivalBest FilmMohsen Gharaie2018Transatlantyk FestivalSection "New Cinema"Mohsen Gharaie
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