''Motreb'' ( fa, مطرب, meaning The Singer) is a 2019 Iranian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed, written, and produced by Mostafa Kiaie and starring

Parviz Parastui Parviz Parastui ( fa, پرویز پرستویی ; born 24 June 1955) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including four Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor–making him the only actor to have four wins in that category–four Hafez ...

, Elnaz Shakerdoost,

Mehran Ahmadi Mehran Ahmadi (, born on 28 February 1974 in Tehran) is an Iranian actor, director and assistant director. At the 31st Fajr Film Festival in 1391, he was nominated for the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Rooze Roshan. He sta ...

, Ayşegül Coşkun, and Mohsen Kiaie. The film is about an Iranian nightclub singer, Ebrahim, who is forced to say goodbye to his lifelong dream of holding a concert in Iran because of the

1979 Islamic revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

. Pretending to be a folk vocalist, he is sent to Turkey to represent Iran in a

musical festival A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or hol ...

, but Iranian officials discover that he is a prerevolution nightclub singer and prevent him from performing. He ultimately accomplishes to perform a concert in consort with his daughter-in-law, Nazan, who is a famous singer in Turkey. Selling Rls.385,464,540,000, it is the highest-grossing Iranian movie as of 2021. The

film screening A film screening is the displaying of a motion picture or film, generally referring to a special showing as part of a film's production and release cycle. To show the film to best advantage, special screenings may take place in plush, low seat-cou ...

was delayed because of the alleged similarities between the

protagonist A protagonist () is the main character of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the plot, primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant obstacles. If a st ...

of the film and

Ebi Ebrahim Hamedi ( fa, اِبراهیم حامدی, also Romanized as "Ebrāhim Hāmedi"; born 1949), better known by his stage name Ebi (Persian: ), is an Iranian pop singer who first started his career in Tehran, gaining fame as part of a ban ...

, an Iranian dissident singer.

References

External links

* {{Iran-film-stub 2019 comedy films 2019 films Iranian comedy-drama films 2010s Turkish-language films Films about singers 2010s Persian-language films Films shot in Turkey Films set in Istanbul 2019 multilingual films Iranian multilingual films