Hemlock (1999)
Shokaran
84 min
When his business partner is hurt in a car accident, happily married Mahmoud (Fariborz Arabnia) must travel to Tehran, where he falls for the beautiful Sima (Hedye Tehrani). The two agree to a "temporary marriage," but problems arise when Sima doesn't want the arrangement to end. Sima's reluctance to play her expected role in this common Islamic practice soon turns to obsession in this smash hit from Iran.
- Release date
- March 21, 2000
- Country of origin
- Iran
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Cast
- Hediyeh Tehrani as Sima Riahi
- Fariborz Arabnia as Mahmood Basirat
- Rozita Ghaffari as Taraneh (Mahmood's wife)
- Mohammad Saleh Ala
- Akbar Moazezi
- Arash Majidi
- Manouchehr Sadeghpoor as Sima's father
- Hamid Reza Afshar as Khakpour
Crew
- Behruz Afkhami · Director
- Behruz Afkhami · Writer
- Minoo Farshchi · Writer
- Seyed Zia Hashemi · Producer
- Seyed Mohammad Mirzamani · Composer
- Nemat Haghighi · Cinematographer
- Mehrzad Minui · Editor
- Mohammad Reza Mouyini · Editor