THE ACTOR
Genre
Drama, Dark Comedy and Crime
Running time
120 minutes
Year
2022
Language
Persian
Subtitle
English
Country
Iran
Director
Nima Javidi
Bio
Producer
Majid Motalebi
Cast
Navid Mohammadzadeh, Ahmad Mehranfar, Hasti Mahdavi, Hanie Tavasoli, Mehrave Sharifinia, Gelareh Abassi
Scriptwriter
Nima Javidi
Gifted actors Ali and Morteza (Venice best-actor winner Navid Mohammadzadeh and Ahmad Mehranfar) have nothing to their names but a derelict theatre for which they can barely make rent. They scrape a living by staging elaborate, costumed party pranks for Teheran’s rich-kid set, hoping to get back to the stage sometime. Their fortunes take a turn, however, when they are spotted by a shadowy private detectives’ agency that uses improv actors as investigators. Using their skills at building scenes and assuming different characters, they are able to inveigle their way into the scenes of unsolved crimes. Ali and Morteza are soon joined by a talented actress and a make-up artist; they form a team of great pretenders.
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