The Enemies

The Enemies

The Enemies

90 min

60 year-old Zohreh's son is missing. Her husband has left her and she lives with her elderly, foul-mouthed mother and recently widowed and short-tempered daughter in the Ekbatan Housing Project. She has a beauty salon in her apartment and life I good until one day when leaflets begin to appear in mailboxes around the housing project that slander Zohreh's character. Her life becomes a nightmare as problems begin to get worse. We soon find out that Zohreh herself is the author of these leaflets that she writes in order to get revenge on herself and other. It is a game where she loses everything but also wins everything back.

Directed by Ali Derakhshande

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