Beitollah
Beitollah is a religious man who has been dreaming about a box of gold coins appearing at the end of a cave. He believes these coins are a miracle and wants to find them. But since he does not consider the coins to be halal, he wants to find a non-religious assistant to accompany him on the search. With the help of a job advertisement printed on the back of counterfeit dollar bills that Beitollah distributes on the streets of Tehran, he recruits the young Shoja and the two set off together to search for the coins. They discover several caves in the north of Iran but none is the right one. They move on to the central deserts of Iran and spend the night at a Caravanserai roadside inn. The inn’s owner suspects that the two might be looking for treasure and decides to follow them on his motorcycle…
Azar (82), a former actress, learns of the passing of her lover. With the help of a traveling theater troupe, she embarks on a journey to find the woman she was forced to leave because of society’s taboos. Her journey allows her to reflect on her past and her regrets, but instead of death, it brings her life.
Salehpoor
빚을 갚지 않아 수감 중인 라힘은 주운 가방 속 금화를 팔아 보석금을 내려다 주인에게 돌려준 후 영웅 대접을 받는다 그의 평판이 높아질수록 주변의 의심은 깊어지고 상황을 모면하기 위한 라힘의 사소한 거짓말은 점차 커다란 파국을 몰고 오는데… 가장 길었던 이틀 간의 귀휴가 시작된다
Behrouz
시카고의 한 마을, J는 언니와 언니의 남자친구와 생활한다. 이사를 앞둔 주말 동안, J는 이곳에서 보냈던 과거와 앞으로 다가올 새로운 변화를 생각한다. 변화를 앞둔 소녀의 불안한 내면과 정체성에 대한 고민을 섬세하고 예민한 시각으로 담아낸다.
This twisted Iranian narrative follows a mysterious couple from Tehran as they distribute large bags of money in an impoverished mountain border town. Beginning as a black comedy, the film's mood transforms as the games played by Kaveh (director Mani Haghighi) and Leyla (Taraneh Alidoosti) become increasingly perverse, as they find inventive ways of humiliating the recipients of the cash. The immorality of the central characters is at times sickening, and their chain of lies is often as puzzling to us as they are to the townsfolk depicted onscreen. What is the relationship between the pair and why are they giving away money to the needy? Modest Reception has no easy answers nor pat resolutions - instead Haghighi takes the viewer on an intriguing ride into the dark recesses of the human spirit.
