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Cast
Reza Kianian
as Dr. Reza Sepidbakht
Hedie Tehrani
as Jale Tirandaz
Ezzatollah Entezami
as Dr. Sepidbakht's father
Jamshid Mashayekhi
as Dr. Latifian
Bita Farrahi
as Mrs. Taleghani
Behnaz Jafari
as Mojgan Ahadi
Roya Nownahali
as Mrs. Mohammadi
Shabnam Toloui
as Secretary
Hossein Kasbian
as Jale's father
Mohsen Ghazi Moradi
as Cast
Movie Info & Details
Release Year2002
Runtime1h 51m
LanguagePersian
CertificationNR
GenresDrama
Votes6
DirectorBahman Farmanara
WritersBahman Farmanara
TypeFeature Film
Rating7.5 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsA House Built on Water
About A House Built on Water
Director Bahman Farmanara's second film following a 20-year exile from his native Iran depicts the spiritual crisis of a middle-aged man. In the film's dreamlike opening scene, Dr. Reza Sepidbakht (Reza Kianian), a well-off Tehran gynecologist, thinks he runs over an angel while driving home at night with a call girl. The next morning at the hospital where he works, he is shown a comatose boy who is famous for having memorized the entire Koran. These two events cause him to rethink his cynical outlook on life and his relationships with his elderly father, wayward son, and the women he has mistreated since becoming estranged from his wife. When the boy awakens from his coma, Dr. Sepidbakht begins to look to him for answers.
Directed by Bahman Farmanara, A House Built on Water leans on a strong ensemble — Reza Kianian, Hedie Tehrani, Ezzatollah Entezami — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2002.
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