Speeding Naked Till High Noon | Berehne ta zohr ba sorat (1976)
Synopsis
A young man who has killed his creditor is coerced into cutting his ties with his fiancé and marrying the woman who witnessed his crime. Mehdi (Faramarz Sedighi) a young university student, is in love with Farzaneh, his favorite girl (Fereshteh Janabi).
He has a sister who is dying of cancer. He asks for money from his boss in the engineering office, where he also works, for his sister's treatment, but his boss refuses to pay.
In his neighborhood, Mehdi contacts Pari, a widow hairdresser Iren (Irene Zazians). Pari is dependent on help and support of Mr. Moshir, an old usurer (Akbar Jannati Shirazi) who also is her friend. The widow is thirsty for love and affection.
Through this woman, the young student owes money to the old man, but he delays in repaying the money, and the old man warns him about this. One day, due to economic pressure and verbal conflict between them, Mehdi inadvertently pushes him and the old man dies suddenly. The female hairdresser was witness to this seemingly murder.
The hairdresser, who never dreamed about that, began secretly to shelter the young student in her room from now on. As time goes by, the young student becomes more and more confused, and gets stuck between staying or going, in order to take care of his ill sister and beloved woman; because the hell could get loose at any moment. It is in this atmosphere of confusion that the hairdresser makes him the object of her lustful desires. In one of the scenes, the young man returns home one night after being drunk, and without realizing it, the woman strips him naked and goes to bed with him...
Title: Speeding Naked Till High Noon | Berehne ta zohr ba sorat (1976)
Directed by: Khosrow Haritash
Date of birth: 1932, Teheran, Iran
Date of death: 11 January 1980, Teheran, Iran
Writing credits: Khosrow Haritash
Music: Babak Bayat
Year: 1976
Country: Iran
Language: Farsi
Color: Black & White
Runtime: 105 min.