Cease Fire (2006 film)
| Cease Fire | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tahmineh Milani |
| Produced by | Mohammad Nikbin |
| Written by | Tahmineh Milani |
| Starring |
Mohammad Reza Golzar Mahnaz Afshar Atila Pesyani |
| Music by | Naser cheshmazar |
| Cinematography | Alireza Zarindast |
| Edited by | Mastane Mohajer |
Release dates |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | Iran |
| Language | Persian |
Cease Fire (in Persian:آتشبس Atashbas) is a 2006 Iranian film written and directed by Tahmineh Milani, starring Mohammad Reza Golzar, Mahnaz Afshar, and Atila Pesyani. The movie shows a young couple who are seeking divorce, but end up realizing that they just need to face their Inner child to overcome their difficulties.
Plot
The film begins by showing a married couple Sayeh (Mahnaz Afshar) and her husband, Yousef (Mohammad Reza Golzar) who are both stubborn and spend a lot of their time trying to top the others latest outrageous adventure at getting even. Scene after scene we watch the quarreling couple play childish pranks on each other. The movie goes on with showing that Sayeh wants to seek divorce, but by mistake knocks on the door of a psychiatrist (Attila Pesyani) instead of a lawyer. She is soon discovered in the psychiatrist’s office by her husband, Yousef. The psychiatrist informs both that their problem is that they are not behaving maturely, so that they need to live apart from each other for a week. In a week they come back to the psychiatrist, and he tells them that they are trying to act out their “inner child.” He suggests that they need to talk with their inner child. They come back and see the psychiatrist who realizes that they have overcome their difficulties and coped with their “inner child."The couple change their minds about getting a divorce.[1]
Cast
- Mohammad Reza Golzar
- Mahnaz Afshar
- Atila Pesyani
- Kaykavous Yakide
- Ahmad Mehranfar
- Niloufar Khoshkhoulgh
- Mahboubeh Bayat
- Mohammad Nikbeen
- Elsa Firuz Azaar
- Elnaz Feyrooz Azaar
- Hassan Gul Mehdi
- Amir Iftikhar
Release
Cease Fire was one of the best selling movies in Iran cinema history until the movie Ekhrajiha (Persian: اخراجی ها released in 2007) took over.[2] Cease Fire has been awarded in the Fajr International Film Festival it grossed $82362 in Iran [3] Cease Fire is called the Iranian Mr. & Mrs. Smith since it includes a bit of Tom and Jerry cartoons, the writer and director Tahmineh Milani tries to show the comedian exaggerations of this movie.[4]