Iranian Cinema: The Old Bachelor (2024)

Saturday, June 21
Iranian Cinema: The Old Bachelor (2024)
UCLA Film & Television Archive presents free screenings at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.
By
UCLA Film & Television Archive
Date and time
Starts on Saturday, June 21 · 7:30pm PDT
Location
Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90024
About this event
Event lasts 3 hours
Please note: registration does not guarantee entry if the event reach capacity. Admission is granted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Patrons who have registered will need to obtain their free tickets at the box office, where seating will be assigned. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby patrons.
And How Miserable is the Home of Evil
Switzerland2023
Exiled Iranian filmmaker Saleh Kashefi manipulates official state media of sermons delivered by Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, to enact his overthrow at the hands of an off-screen uprising.
DCP, color, in Persian with English subtitles. Director: Saleh Kashefi.
The Old Bachelor
Iran, 2024
Writer-director Oktay Baraheni’s second feature taps into global anxieties as a monumental domestic drama that doubles as an acute study of tyranny and violence. The lives of two half brothers have reached a dead end in the expansive, decaying mansion they share with their domineering father who wallows away his days on drugs, sex workers and emotionally torturing his sons. When he sets his lascivious sights on a younger woman (Leila Hatami), her presence disrupts the trio’s long-suffered equilibrium. Baraheni and his magnetic cast masterfully ratchet up the tension, building to an astonishing climax as wills are tested, lines are crossed, and secrets are revealed.
DCP, color, in Persian with English subtitles, 192 min. Director: Oktay Baraheni. Screenwriter: Oktay Baraheni. With: Leila Hatami, Hamed Behdad, Hassan Pourshirazi.