''Mum's Guest'' ( fa, مهمان مامان,

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''Mehman-e Maman'',

Romanize 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 ...

d as ''Mehmān-e Māmān'') is a 2004

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

ian family comedy film directed by Dariush Mehrjui. It is based on a book of the same name by Iranian author

Houshang Moradi Kermani Houshang Moradi Kermani ( fa, هوشنگ مرادی کرمانی, also Romanized as "Hūshang Morādi-e Kermāni"; born 7 September 1944 at Sirch, a village in Kerman Province, Iran) is an Iranian writer best known for children's and young adul ...

. It was commissioned by

Sima Film The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB; fa, صدا و سيمای جمهوری اسلامی ايران, ''Sedā va Sīmā-ye Jomhūri-ye Eslāmi-ye Īrān'', , formerly called National Iranian Radio and Television until the Iranian rev ...

, the film studio of Iranian national broadcaster

IRIB The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB; fa, صدا و سيمای جمهوری اسلامی ايران, ''Sedā va Sīmā-ye Jomhūri-ye Eslāmi-ye Īrān'', , formerly called National Iranian Radio and Television until the Iranian rev ...

. It did very well at the Iranian box office and won a number of prizes at the 22nd Fajr Film Festival.

Plot

Mrs. Effat (Golab Adineh), a mother of two, receives word that her nephew and his wife are going to be visiting. Despite not being wealthy, Mrs. Effat tries to prepare a respectable dinner party with the help of her cinema-loving husband, Mr. Effat (Hasan Pourshirazi), and her two children, Amir and Bahareh. Meanwhile the Effats' drug addict neighbour, Yusuf (Parsa Pirouzfar), is desperate for some drugs after his wife has flushed his stash down the toilet. The eccentric old lady (Farideh Sepah-Mansour) who takes care of her chicken is also not making things much easier...

Awards and nominations

22nd Fajr International Film Festival: * Won: Best Picture * Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role: ( Hasan Pourshirazi) * Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role: (

Golab Adineh Golab Mostaan ( fa, گلاب مستعان; 13 November 1953) known professionally as Golab Adineh, is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and a Gol ...

) * Nominated: Best Director: Dariush Mehrjui * Nominated: Best Screenplay: Dariush Mehrjui, Vahideh Mohammadifar and

* Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (

Parsa Pirouzfar Parsa Pirouzfar ( fa, پارسا پیروزفر, born 13 September 1972) is an Iranian actor, theatre director, painter, playwright and translator. He is best known for his acting in '' In the Eyes of the Wind'' (2009–2010) and '' Mum's Guest'' ...

) * Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Farideh Sepah-Mansour) * Nominated: Best Costume & Set Design (Mohsen Shah-Ebrahimi) * Nominated: Best Sound Recording (Jahangir Mirshekari) * Nominated: Best Makeup: (Mahin Navidi)

References

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