''Blockage'' (

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: سد معبر,

romanized Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...

: Sade Ma'bar) is a 2017 Iranian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Mohsen Gharaie and written by

Saeed Roustayi Saeed Roustaee (Persian: سعید روستایی, born August 14, 1989), also spelled Saeed Roustayi, is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer. He has won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best First Director a ...

. The film screened for the first time at the 35th

Fajr Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...

and received 4 nominations. It was released on December 27, 2017, in Iran theatrically.

Premise

Ghasem (

Hamed Behdad Hamed Behdad ( fa, حامد بهداد; born November 17, 1973) is an Iranian actor and singer. He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and two Iran's Film Critics and Writer ...

), a municipality employee uses his position to put his hands on other people's money to collect enough to buy a truck, while his wife Narges (

Baran Kosari Baran Kosari ( fa, باران کوثری; ; born 16 September 1985) is an Iranian actress. Biography She graduated from ''Soureh academy''. ''The Best Papa of the World'' (1991) is her first acting experience. She had appearances in some of her ...

) threatens to abort their child if he does not buy a house with their savings.

Cast

as Ghasem *

as Narges * Nader Fallah as Rasool * Gity Ghasemi as Razieh * Mohsen Kiaee as Mehdi * Negar Abedi as Mona * Alireza Kamali as Ghasem's colleague * Bahram Sorouri Nejad

Reception

Critical response

Accolades

References

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* {{New Currents Films set in Tehran Films shot in Iran Iranian drama films 2010s Persian-language films 2017 drama films 2017 films