Synopsis

Ghoflsaz deals with the very serious problem of domestic violence, particularly violence toward children and the complicity of other adults in this abuse.

Set primarily in a poor neighbourhood of Tehran, the story concerns a widower (Qasem) whose son (Mohammad) reports him for physically abusing him and his little sister (Marziyeh).



Facing financial hardship, Mohammad’s grandmother pressures him to go to the police and have his father released, urging him to say that he had lied about the abuse. Upon the father’s return little Marziyeh is beaten once more. This scene is powerfully depicted through its absence..

Cast: Mohammad Nazari, Fatemeh Khodadadi, Amin Mohammadi, Parvin Abdoli, Mokhtar Rasouli, Ramesh Kavousi