Abadan (film)

Infobox Film
name = Abadan
director = Mani Haghighi
producer = Ahmad Ali Moussavi
Mehdi Safavi
Jacques Tizabi
writer = Mani Haghighi
narrator =
starring = Ehsan Amani
Farzaneh Arastoo
Dariush Asadzade
Habib Dehghan Nasab
Shahrokh Foroutanian
Jamshid Mashayekhi
Fatemeh Motamed-Aria
Hedye Tehrani
music =
cinematography = Mahmoud Kalari
editing = Mastaneh Mohajer
distributor =
released =
runtime = 83 min
country = Iran
language = Persian
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:308233
imdb_id = 0793469

"Abadan" ( _fa. آبادان) is a 2003 drama film by Iranian filmmaker Mani Haghighi. It was his first long film after making a few short films. Because the film was not pre-approved by Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and because of including profanity and spoken references to extramarital relations, it by Tehran's 2003 Fajr International Film Festival and had its world premier in Chicago at the 2003 Festival of Films from Iran. It was also shown at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival [Ralske, Josh, "Abadan (2003)". "All Movie Guide" [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:308233] ] .

Plot

Amir has always wished to travel to Abadan and now in his elderly days he wants to materialise his wish, but before doing so he needs to return a package to a friend. In this process he goes missing. Marjan, a middle-aged, middle-class Tehran resident and Amir's daughter, is distraught when her father, goes missing. She goes to see her estranged husband, Aman, who reluctantly agrees to look for Amir, while Marjan watches over Aman's house, which is being renovated. Aman enlists the aid of his old friend, Atta, and the two drive off in search of Amir, who presumably took off to find an old friend whom he seems to have forgotten died years earlier.

Cast

* Ehsan Amani as Aman
* Farzaneh Arastoo
* Dariush Asadzade
* Habib Dehghan Nasab
* Shahrokh Foroutanian
* Jamshid Mashayekhi
* Fatemeh Motamed-Aria
* Hedye Tehrani

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