Ali Farkhonde

A family migrates to the city after a tragic loss. When they reunite in their hometown 30 years later, buried emotions and painful secrets resurface.

On the Storm tells a story about the changes that occur in two people’s lives upon the arrival of a third person to their home. We see how games played by this couple in their home create a space to flourish their relationship but at the same time shield them from reality. The newcomer changes the rules of this game-space and forces all three of them to construct a new way to relate to one another.

The Host is a woman living alone in the middle of a vast land. The visitors that she has long waited for finally arrive. They mingle with the Host's life, both interfering with her daily routines and helping her to take a decision.

Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks he's been dead for over twenty years.

1979年11月4日、テヘラン。イラン革命が激しさを募らせ、その果てにアメリカ大使館を過激派グループが占拠し、52人もの人質を取るという事件が起きる。パニックの中、アメリカ人６名が大使館から逃げ出してカナダ大使の自宅に潜伏。救出作戦のエキスパートとして名をはせるCIAエージェントのトニー・メンデスは、６名が過激派たちに発見され、殺害されるのも時間の問題だと判断。彼らを混乱するテヘランから救出する作戦を立案する。しかし、それは前代未聞で大胆不敵、そして無数の危険が伴うものだった。