Mahins friend Pouran likes talking about her ailments, real and imagined.
Thats disgusting, snorts Mahin (Lily Farhadpour).
I told her to marry!
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You wouldnt be like this if you had!
Another of their wrinkly gang chips in.
What joy did our dead husbands ever bring us?
They all laugh, companionably.
Theyre a lively lot in this warm Iranian drama, teasing each other about their incontinence and expired marriages.
Mahin has little patience for such ailment talk, but she admits she sleeps badly.
What she will not confess is that she wakes up and watches trashy soap operas.
Her upstairs neighbor is a self-appointed scout for Teherans Morality Police.
She doesnt want to give her any ammunition.
She changes her frock, cooksdolmadesand brings out her secret stash of wine.
Watching these two elderly people indulge in their tiny, harmless but illegal pleasures is a delight.
She makes all the moves and her illicit boldness, in this subdued world, is quietly thrilling.
Is it really all right if he stays the night?
Do you oughta ask again?
Both actors seem lit from within, radiant with renewed life.
Would two people who have been alone for 30 years bond so readily?
They are not allowed a happy ending either, which speaks to the integrity of the project.
