Modest Reception (پذیرایی ساده) 11 years old

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.

Credits

Modest Reception Cast

Name Character
Taraneh Alidoosti She was 28, now 40 years old as Leyla
Mani Haghighi He was 43, now 55 years old as Kaveh
Naqi Seif-Jamali

Modest Reception Crew

Name Department
Mani Haghighi as Director. He was 43 (now 55) years old Directing
Mani Haghighi as Screenplay. He was 43 (now 55) years old Writing
Modest Reception poster
Modest Reception (11 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, January 02, 2013
  • Runtime: 100 minutes