A young girl informs her father she’s been kidnapped and asks him to deliver the ransom money. Panicked, her father and brothers go to Tehran to look for her. They are unaware, however, that the girl has in fact eloped with her boyfriend and now spends her time in the company of a band of street musicians. Following the arrest of the band leader, the young girl, who is desperately in love with her boyfriend, embarks on an uncertain path.
Born in 1962 in Tehran, Iran, Parviz Shahbazi graduated from Tehran Cinema College as a film director. During the early 80s he began writing short stories and directing short films. He edited several films and directed 12 shorts before making his first feature film «Traveller from the South» in 1996. «Malaria» is his latest feature.
