Mum's Guest

Mehman-e Maman
Directed by	Dariush Mehrjui
Produced by	Dariush Mehrjui
Written by	Dariush Mehrjui Vahideh Mohmmadifar Houshang Moradi Kermani
Starring	Golab Adineh Parsa Pirouzfar Amin Hayai Hassan Pourshirazi Farideh Sepah-Mansour
Music by	Emad Bonakdar Amin Mirshekari
Cinematography	Touraj Mansouri
Edited by	Mahdi Hosseinivand
Distributed by	Sima Film
Release dates	22 July 2004 (2004-07-22)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

Mum's Guest (Persian: مهمان مامان‎, translit. Mehman-e Maman) is a 2004 Iranian family comedy film directed by Dariush Mehrjui. It is based on a book of the same name by Iranian author, Houshang Moradi Kermani. It was commissioned by Sima Film, the film studio of Iranian national broadcaster, IRIB. It did very well at the Iranian box office and won a number of prizes at the 22nd Fajr Film Festival.

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, Mr. Effat tries to prepare a respectable dinner party with the help of her cinema loving husband, Mr. Effat (Hassan Pourshirazi) and her two children. Amir and Bahareh. Meanwhile the Effat's 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:

Won: Best Picture
Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role: (Hassan Pourshirazi)
Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role: (Golab Adineh)
Nominated: Best Director: Dariush Mehrjui
Nominated: Best Screenplay: Dariush Mehrjui, Vahideh Mohammadifar and Houshang Moradi Kermani
Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Parsa Pirouzfar)
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)

External links

Mum's Guest at IranAct.com
Mum's Guest at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Dariush Mehrjui

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