A Wedding Suit

A Wedding Suit

1976 · 59 min · ★ 7.2 · Drama

A woman orders a suit from a tailor for her young son to wear to her sister's wedding. The tailor's apprentice, together with two other teenage boys who work in the same building, devise a plan to try on the suit at night to see what it feels like.

Directed by Abbas Kiarostami · Written by Parviz Davayi

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