''Cease Fire'' (

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:آتش‌بس,

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: ''Atashbas'') is a 2006

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written and directed by

Tahmineh Milani Tahmineh Milāni ( fa, تهمینه میلانی) is an Iranian feminist activist, and film director and producer. Early career She was born 1960 in Tabriz, Iran. After graduating in architecture from the University of Science and Technology ...

, starring

Mohammad Reza Golzar Mohammad Reza Golzar ( fa, محمدرضا گلزار , born March 21, 1977) is an Iranian actor. Early life Mohammad Reza Golzar was born on 21 March 1977 in Tehran in a family of Azerbaijani origin. His close friend Aria Sajadi helped him ...

Mahnaz Afshar Mahnaz Afshar ( fa, مهناز افشار; born June 10, 1977) is an Iranian actress. She gained wide recognition in the record-breaking film ''Cease Fire'' (2006). She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Cymorgh, two Hafez Awar ...

, and

Atila Pesyani Atila Pesyani ( fa, آتیلا پسیانی, born 30 April 1957) is an Iranian actor. He is the son of actress Jamileh Sheykhi. Career Among the movies in which he has performed are ''The Hidden Half'' (2001), ''Ceasefire 1 and 2'' (2005 and ...

. The movie shows a young couple who are seeking divorce, but end up realizing that they just need to face their

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to overcome their difficulties.

Plot

The film begins by showing a married couple Sayeh (

) and her husband, Yousef (

) 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, 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 A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...

(

) 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 In popular psychology and analytical psychology, the inner child is an individual's childlike aspect. It includes what a person learned as a child, before puberty. The inner child is often conceived as a semi-independent subpersonality subordinat ...

.” 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.

Cast

as Yousef *

as Saye *

as The Psychiatrist *

Ahmad Mehranfar Ahmad Mehranfar ( fa, احمد مهران‌فر, born May 31, 1975) is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his role as Arastou Amel in ''Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of ...

as Darab * Kaykavous Yakide as Ahmad * * Niloufar Khoshkhoulgh as Laleh * Elsa Firuz Azaar as The Secretary *Mahboubeh Bayat as Yousef's Mother * Nersi Korkia as Yousef's Father * Babak Vali as Lawyer

Release

''Cease Fire'' has been awarded in the

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 ...

. It grossed $82,362 in Iran. The film has been described as the Iranian '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' since it includes a bit of

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cartoons, the writer and director

tries to show the comedian exaggerations of the film.

References

External links

* * Iranian romantic comedy films 2000s Persian-language films 2006 romantic comedy films 2006 films {{Iran-film-stub