The Dark Room
(اتاق تاریک)

Director : Rouhollah Hejazi
Screenwriter : Rouhollah Hejazi
Producers : Rouhollah Hejazi

Cast : Sareh Bayat, Saed Soheili, Morvarid Kashiyan, Amirreza Ranjbaran

Year of Production : 2018
Running Time : 101 mins
Language : Persian with English Subtitles
Section : Competition

Rouhollah Hejazi's Death of the Fish was one of the most popular screenings at CineIran 2016. This year, he's back with another stunner, The Dark Room. A daring film by any standards, and more so by those of Iranian cinema, the film tackles the challenging topic of child sexual abuse. Featuring two sensational performances from Sareh Bayat and Saed Soheili, The Dark Room is at once a tense whodunit thriller and a dark marital drama, and places Hejazi among the higher echelon of Iranian filmmakers.