Absence

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.

  • Released: 2021-10-21
  • Runtime: 100 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
  • Stars: Zuzana Stivínová, Petra Nesvačilová, Klára Melíšková, Magdaléna Borová, Antonie Formanová, Ali Mosaffa, Leila Hatami, Zuzana Krónerová
  • Director: Ali Mosaffa