''Mum's Guest'' (, translit. ''Mehman-e Maman'',

Romanize In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and transcription, ...

d as ''Mehmān-e Māmān'') is a 2004

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

ian family comedy film directed by

Dariush Mehrjui Dariush Mehrjui (‎; 8 December 1939 – 14 October 2023) was an Iranian filmmaker and a member of the Iranian Academy of the Arts. Mehrjui was a founding member of the Iranian New Wave movement of the early 1970s, which also included direc ...

. It is based on a book of the same name by Iranian author

Houshang Moradi Kermani Houshang Moradi Kermani (, also Romanized as "Hūshang Morādi-e Kermāni"; born 7 September 1944 at Sirch, a village in Kerman province, Iran) is an Iranian writer best known for children's and young adult fiction. He was a finalist in 2014 ...

. It was commissioned by Sima Film, the film studio of Iranian national broadcaster

IRIB The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB; ) or Seda va Sima () for short, formerly called National Iranian Radio and Television until the Iranian revolution of 1979, is an Iranian state-controlled media corporation that holds a monopo ...

. It did very well at the Iranian box office and won a number of prizes at the 22nd

Fajr Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival (), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; ), has been held every February in Tehran since 1983. The festival is supervised by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (Iran), Ministry of Culture ...

Plot

Mrs. Effat (Golab Adineh), a mother of two, receives word that her nephew and his wife are going to be visiting. Despite not being wealthy, Mrs. Effat tries to prepare a respectable dinner party with the help of her cinema-loving husband, Mr. Effat (Hasan Pourshirazi), and her two children, Amir and Bahareh. Meanwhile the Effats' drug addict neighbour, Yusuf (Parsa Pirouzfar), is desperate for some drugs after his wife has flushed his stash down the toilet. The eccentric old lady (Farideh Sepah-Mansour) who takes care of her chicken is also not making things much easier...

Awards and nominations

22nd

Fajr International Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival (), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; ), has been held every February in Tehran since 1983. The festival is supervised by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. It takes place on the anni ...

: * Won: Best Picture * Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role: (

Hasan Pourshirazi Hasan Pourshirazi (; born March 1, 1958) is an Iranian actor. He received critical acclaim for his performances in films '' Mom's Guest'' (2004), ''The White Meadows'' (2009), ''The Oath'' (2019), and ''The Old Bachelor'' (2024). Early life Has ...

) * Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role: (

Golab Adineh Golab Adineh (Persian: گلاب مستعان; 13 November 1953) is an Iranian actress, known professionally as Golab Adineh. She is the daughter of novelist Hosseingholi Mostaan and began her career in the 1970s. Adineh won the Crystal Simorgh for ...

) * Nominated: Best Director:

* Nominated: Best Screenplay:

, Vahideh Mohammadifar and

* Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (

Parsa Pirouzfar Parsa Pirouzfar (; born 13 September 1972) is an Iranian actor, theatre director, painter, playwright and translator. He is best known for his role in '' In the Eyes of the Wind'' (2009–2010), and ''Mum's Guest'' (2004). He has received various ...

) * Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Farideh Sepah-Mansour) * Nominated: Best Costume & Set Design (Mohsen Shah-Ebrahimi) * Nominated: Best Sound Recording (Jahangir Mirshekari) * Nominated: Best Makeup: (Mahin Navidi)

References

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