Takam-Chi (film)

Takam-Chi (Persian: تکم چی‎) is the name of an Iranian motion picture, produced and released in 2008, directed by Yadollah Samadi.

The film relates the story of a young and charming woman from Ardebil (Ālmā Sharifi played by Ātefeh Noori) studying and working in Tehran. When her father unexpectedly comes to visit her, suddenly she finds herself deeply embarrassed by her father, specifically when the latter keeps speaking to her in Azerbaijani in public. The matters get worst, when it turns out that the father also plans to work during his stay in Tehran as a Takam-Chi in a traditional Azerbaijani coffee-shop owned by a relative from Ardebil who has already settled in Tehran. The dialogues of this film are partly in Azerbaijani and partly in Persian. The film is deeply humane and warm and carries a positive message for communities living in multicultural societies.

Director

• Yadollah Samadi

Actors/Actresses

• Ātefeh Noori
• Nikoo Kheradmand
• Rahman Qorbaniyan
• Mahmud Azizi
• Banafsha Samadi

References

• "End of Filming for the Movie of Takam Chi", IRIB T.V. in Persian
• Short description of the film in Persian