Sara

Story

Synopsis

Sara is the perfect young housewife. When husband Hessam requires an expensive emergency operation abroad, it is she who works for the funds. For the next three years she labors secretly to pay the shady loan shark and save Hessam - until the truth is revealed and with it, the reality of her marriage.

Director

Dariush Mehrjui

Writers

Dariush Mehrjui, Henrik Ibsen

Language

Persian

Country

Iran

Release date

3 February 1993

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Niki Karimi

  Sara

• 

  Khosro Shakibai

  Ghoshtasb

• 

  Yassamin Maleknasr

  Simi

• 

  Amin Tarokh

  Hessam

• Khadijeh Shamsi

  Auntie

• Soraya Rashidi

  Parvin

• 

  Souren Mnatsakanian

  Dr. Suren

• Zari Mahmoudi

  Mrs. Seyrafi

• Mahvash Vaghari

  Mrs. Soleimani

• Flor Hejazi

  Manager of the bridal-sewing workshop

• Ahmad Saeedi-Nejad

  Hospital visitor

• Faramarz Roshanayi

  Hospital visitor