Under the Skin of the City
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Rakhshan Bani Etemad
Golab Adineh
Mohammad Reza Foroutan
Baran Kosari
Ebrahin Sheibani
Mohsen Ghazi Moradi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Any woman with a bedridden husband is going to fret more than the average female--but Tuba's spouse is low maintenance, compared to the rest of her problems. Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into trouble due to his burgeoning career in radical politics; and an older son who goes to great lengths--such as attempting to sell the family's meager house--in order to get an engineering job in Japan as a means of getting out of Iran. However, when the older son's travel plans fall apart, Tuba is forced to take drastic measures to save their home and her son.
Director
Rakhshan Bani Etemad
Cast
Golab Adineh
Mohammad Reza Foroutan
Baran Kosari
Ebrahin Sheibani
Mohsen Ghazi Moradi
Mahraveh Sharifi-nia
Homeira Riazi
Ali Osivand
Mehrdad Falahatgar
Mariam Boubani
Nazanin Farahani
Crew
Mohammad Reza Delpak
Rakhshan Bani Etemad
Rakhshan Bani Etemad
Hassein Jafarian
Mastafa Kherghehpoush
Jahangir Kowsari
Mitra Mahaseni
Omid Mohit
Farid Mostafavi
Asghar Shahverdi
Mehri Shirazi
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of Best Director and Best Actress (Golab Adineh) at the 2001 Tehran Fajr Film Festival.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Moscow International Film Festival.
Released in United States April 4, 2003
Released in United States March 14, 2003
Released in United States March 16, 2004
Released in United States on Video/DVD March 16, 2004
Released in United States Spring March 14, 2003
Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-14, 2001.
Shown at Moscow International Film Festival June 21-30, 2001.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah January 10-20, 2002.
dialogue Farsi
subtitled English
rtg MPAA NONE
Released in United States March 14, 2003 (New York City)
Released in United States Spring March 14, 2003
Released in United States March 16, 2004
Released in United States on Video/DVD March 16, 2004
Released in United States April 4, 2003 (Los Angeles)
