Reyhan, an Iranian widow and mother of two young children, reopens the roadhouse formerly run by her husband. But, since running such a business is taboo for women, she encounters much resistance, particularly from her conservative brother-in-law, Nasser, whose only aim is to marry Reyhan although he already has a wife. Reyhan refuses this marriage proposal since she would only marry for love and not tradition nor convenience. Nasser seeks ways to close the roadhouse in an effort to make Reyhan dependent on him. An amorous Greek trucker named Zakariyo provides Reyhan with a possible exit from this difficult situation…
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Border Café
(Café transit)
- Iran
- 2005
- Fiction
- Couleur
- 104′
- Titre français
Café transit - Original title
Café transit - Titre international
Border Café - Scénario
Kambozia Partovi - Photo
Mohammed Reza Sokout, Davod Amiri, Hassan Ghafari - Montage
Jafar Panahi, Jacques Witta - Son
Mohammad Mokhtari, Parviz Abnar, Claire Meurine, Antoine Bedouin - Musique
Ali Birang - Interprétation
Parviz Parastoei, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaei, Nikolas Padapopoulos, Svieta Mikalishina, Vanchos Constantin, Esmaiel Soltanian, Jafar Vahabpour