Nahid, a young divorcee, lives alone with her 10-year-old son in a Northern Iranian city on the Caspian Sea. According to the Iranian rules, the custody of the child belongs to the father, but he granted her the custody on the condition that she doesn‘t remarry. The relationship between Nahid and another man who loves her passionately and wants to marry her, will trouble her life as a woman and as a mother.
Ida Panahandeh was born in Tehran. She has an MFA in Film Directing, and a BFA in Film Photography. She started filmmaking when she was studying at Tehran Art University, and she has made many short films. As a talented filmmaker, she was invited to make TV movies for State Iranian TV and was awarded at various national TV Festivals. She was chosen and invited to participate in 2009’s Berlinale “Talent Campus” with her short film “Cockscomb Flower”.
