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Cafe Setareh (2006)
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Original name: کافه ستاره
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Saman Moghadam details the struggles of three women living in an antiquated district of Tehran in this emotionally resonant drama. Fabria's husband has been morally corrupted, and now it's up to her to take charge of the small café that proves the only source of income to the couple. Saloomeh is a beautiful young woman who dreams of marrying Ebi, but how will the couple survive on the salary of a simple mechanic? Lastly, middle aged Moluk has fallen for a much younger man, and her heart breaks when she discovers that her love is unrequited.
Style:
psychological, sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, emotional, realistic, gloomy
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fall in love, love and romance, couples, society, family problems, unfulfilled love, human nature, hopes, couple relations, life is a bitch, cafe, bittersweet, age-gap relationship, wish come true, family relations, down on your luck, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, brother sister relationship, older woman younger man relationship, divorced divorcee, romance
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
iran
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