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Possessed | Shīftah | شیفته
PersianCrime, Drama 90 min 2000
A birthday celebration sets the scene for this introspective, psychological drama. Taher keeps getting calls from a mysterious individual telling him to divorce his wife. The couple have had a rocky relationship, Taher’s father originally forbidding the marriage, and Taher fear she may have found someone else. As the film progresses and the calls continue, he grows increasingly suspicious of the people around him, and his paranoia threatens the very wellbeing of his family. A dark and foreboding piece of arthouse cinema, ‘Possessed’ will keep you on the hook throughout its many twists and turns.
Cast & Crew
Azita Lachini, Bita Heydari, Fariborz Arabnia, Gholam Hossein Lotfi, Laya Zanganeh, Mahmoud Maghami