Film

Hemlock

2000 · 1h 41m · Drama

When his business partner is hurt in a car accident, happily married Mahmoud (Fariborz Arabnia) must travel to Tehran, where he falls for the beautiful Sima (Hedye Tehrani). The two agree to a "temporary marriage," but problems arise when Sima doesn't want the arrangement to end. Sima's reluctance to play her expected role in this common Islamic practice soon turns to obsession in this smash hit from Iran.

Hedie Tehrani

Sima Riahi

Fariborz Arabnia

Mahmood Basirat

Rozita Ghaffari

Taraneh (Mahmood's wife)

Mohammad Saleh Ala

Akbar Moazezi

Arash Majidi

Hamid Reza Afshar

Khakpour

Manouchehr Sadeghpoor

Sima's father

• Behruz AfkhamiDirector · Writer
• Minoo FarshchiWriter
• Nemat HaghighiDirector of Photography

Release date

June 12, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

Persian

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Drama