Absence(2023)

Rouzbeh arrives in Prague, far from his troubled family life in Tehran, to research his father’s past. Visiting the flat where his father, a communist expatriate, lived 50 years ago, in the times of Czechoslovakia, he is stopped by a policewoman investigating a recent accident. The current resident of the flat, Vladimir, who turns out to be Rouzbeh’s half-brother, has fallen out the window. Discovering hidden corners of Vladimir’s life and getting closer to his soul, Rouzbeh learns a shocking truth about his father, totally contradicting the image of a hero he had about him. This puts him on the path which led to Vladimir's fall from the window.

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Ali Mosaffa

Actors: Magdaléna Borová, Antonie Formanová, Leila Hatami, Zuzana Krónerová, Klára Melísková, Ali Mosaffa, Petra Nesvacilová, Eva Stepankova, Zuzana Stivínová, Adam Vacula

Release date: 2023-11-30

Country of origin: Czech Republic, Islamic Republic of Iran, Slovakia

Length: 1h 40m

Ratings:

• 6.2/10