
Life and a Day
2016 · Movie · 112 min · ★ 7.9
As the youngest daughter of a struggling family prepares to get married, the household is thrown into uncertainty. With her departure approaching, each family member wrestles with fear and pressure about how they will manage their daily hardships without her.
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Details
- Original title
- ابد و یک روز
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-03-16
- Language
- FA
- Runtime
- 112 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 (72 votes)
About
If you like grounded, emotionally intense family stories about money worries and everyday pressure, this may work for you, especially if you enjoyed Law of Tehran; Not for you if you want light escapism or fast-paced plots.
Pros: raw family drama; emotional tension; grounded realism | Cons: heavy subject matter; bleak mood; slow-burn pacing
Themes
- drug dealer
- middle east
- family relationships
- tragedy
- iran
Cast & crew

Payman Maadi
as Morteza

Parinaz Izadyar
as Somayeh

Navid Mohammadzadeh
as Mohsen

Shabnam Moghadami
as Azam

Rima Raminfar
as Shahnaz
- MG
Mahdi Gorbani
as Navid
- MR
Masoumeh Rahmani
as Leila

Shirin Yazdanbakhsh
as Mother
Directed by Saeed Roustaee