It’s 1988 and, at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, Tehran is bombed relentlessly. The days that pass are full of foreboding, and yet, love, affection, hope and life itself manage to sweep away the fear of death from those surrounded by it. Love may often be difficult to comprehend, but death is a horrible certitude. ‘Bomb, A Love Story’ shows how, even when faced with the darkness of death, love and hope will find a way.
Payman Maadi was born in New York in 1970. When he was 6 his family moved back to Iran. He acted in some foreign films, e.g. the HBO series ‚The Night Of‘ by Steven Zaillian, ‚13 Hours: The secret soldiers of Bengazi‘ by Michael Bay ‚The Last Knight‘ with Olive Owen & Morgan Freeman by Kazuaki Kiriya and ‚Camp X-Ray‘ by Peter Sattler. He had a role in ‘A Separation’ by Asghar Farhadi in 2011 which went on to win an Oscar for Best Foreign Film. He has also served as jury member at the 2014 Shanghai IFF and the 2017 Thessalonika IFF.
