''Here Without Me'' ( fa, اینجا بدون من, italic=yes) is an Iranian drama film written and directed by Bahram Tavakoli and produced by Saeed Sadi, produced in 2010 and screened in 2011. The film stars Fatemeh Motamed-Aria,

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, Negar Javaherian and Parsa Pirouzfar. The story is about a family of three dreaming about their wishes, and was inspired by the play ''

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'', written by

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. Fatemeh Motamed-Arya won the best actress award in the 35th

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(WFF) for this film.

Plot

Based on

, the movie details the story of Yalda ( Negar Javaherian), a disabled girl who has a great interest for collecting glass animals. She harbors a secret attraction towards her brother Ehsan's best friend Reza ( Parsa Pirouzfar). Her brother Ehsan (

), whose voiceover introduces the film, writes poetry and desperately dreams of leaving Iran. He dreams of being a writer and spends his spare time haunting cinemas and watching old movies over and over. Farideh ( Fatemeh Motamed-Aria) holds down two jobs to help support her family. Farideh is trying her best to find a prompt suitor for her introvert daughter Yalda.

Cast

* Fatemeh Motamed-Aria as Farideh *

as Ehsan * Negar Javaherian as Yalda * Parsa Pirouzfar as Reza

Release

Screened and welcomed by critics and audience in 11th Tiburon Film Festival 35th Montréal Film Festival, 2011 2nd Iranian Film Festival Australia, 2012 36th Cleveland International Film Festival, 2012

Reception

Awards

References

External links

* {{The Glass Menagerie 2011 films 2011 drama films 2010s Persian-language films Iranian drama films