''Asphyxia'' is a 2017 Iranian neo-noir film written, produced and directed by

Fereydoun Jeyrani Fereydoun Jeyrani ( fa, فریدون جیرانی; born in 1951, Kashmar) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and television presenter. He was the director, producer and host of the first series of Haft (Seven), an Iranian television series ...

and starring

Navid Mohammadzadeh Navid Mohammadzadeh ( fa, نوید محمدزاده, born April 6, 1986) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, four Hafez Awards, three Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and four Iran's Film Critics a ...

Elnaz Shakerdoust Elnaz Shakerdoost (Persian: الناز شاکردوست; born June 28, 1984) is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, two Hafez Awards and two Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards. Ea ...

Mahaya Petrosian Mahaya Petrosian ( fa, ماهایا پطروسیان, born 3 January 1970) is an Iranian actress of Armenian descent. She is also a director, A Beautiful Snowy Day being her first movie as director. Biography Mahaya Petrosian was born in Tehra ...

and

Pardis Ahmadieh Pardis Ahmadieh ( fa, پردیس احمدیه; born June 29, 1992) is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her performance in '' Red Nail Polish'' (2016). She has received various accolades, including a Hafez Award and an Urban Internation ...

Plot

Masoud takes his wife who has neurotic tensions to the asylum to take care of her.

Cast

as Masoud Sazgar *

Amir Salehian Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or ceremo ...

as Kami

*

as Sahra Mashreghi *

Mahaya Petrossian Mahaya Petrosian ( fa, ماهایا پطروسیان, born 3 January 1970) is an Iranian actress of Armenian descent. She is also a director, A Beautiful Snowy Day being her first movie as director. Biography Mahaya Petrosian was born in Tehra ...

as Zohre *

as Nasim Sazgar *Poulad Kimiaei as Mansour Sazgar *

Parviz Poorhosseini Parviz Poorhosseini ( fa, پرویز پورحسینی, 11 September 1941 – 27 November 2020) was an Iranian film, theater and television actor. Biography He was best known for his roles in ''Bashu, the Little Stranger'' (1989), '' The Fifth Se ...

*Ehsan Amani as Zohre's Husband *Asadollah Yekta as Doctor

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 6486630 Iranian drama films Films directed by Fereydoun Jeyrani