Athens International Film Festival
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SUBTRACTION | TAFRIGH


IRAN, FRANCE | 2022 | COLOR | DCP | 108’ | FARSI

On a rainy day, a pregnant driving instructor sees her husband going on a bus, while he was supposed to be away for business. But what starts off as a drama of spousal deceit becomes an inconceivable thriller, since the couple has its...doppelganger in the city. The ghost of Farhadi meets Hitchcock, while Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Enemy’ strays in the world of Peter Weir’s ‘The Last Wave’. And the most consistently in-form national cinema today suffers on its realistic body the attack of a philosophical fantasy, depicting the world, expressing class/personal truths, daring racial criticism and through the cataclysmic cracks the rays of an Apocalyptic light. Not a small thing. I.D.

DIRECTOR: Mani Haghighi
SCREENWRITERS: Amir Reza Koohestani, Mani Haghighi
DoP: Morteza Najafi
MUSIC: Ramin Kousha
EDITOR: Meysam Molaei
PRINCIPAL CAST: Taraneh Alidoosti, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Esmail Poor-Reza, Farham Azizi

MANI HAGHIGHI
Iranian filmmaker, born in 1969. He studied Philosophy at McGill University in Canada. He returned to Iran in 2001, and worked in Advertising and Documentary, while in 2006 he co-wrote with Asghar Farhadi the screenplay for ‘Fireworks Wednesday’. A unique voice among the troubled Iranian filmmaker community.

FILMOGRAPHY
2022 Subtraction
2018 Pig
2016 50 Kilos of Sour Cherries
2016 A Dragon Arrives!
2012 Modest Reception
2008 Canaan
2006 Men at Work
2004 Abadan



        : Opening Nights

        PAST LIVES (Opening Film)

        PAST LIVES (Opening Film)

        29/09/2023, 22:15, DANAOS 1

        STRANGE WAY OF LIFE | EXTRAÑA FORMA DE VIDA (Opening Film)

        STRANGE WAY OF LIFE | EXTRAÑA FORMA DE VIDA (Opening Film)

        03/10/2023, 21:30, IDEAL

        THE BOY AND THE HERON | KIMITACHI WA DŌ IKIRU (Closing Film)

        THE BOY AND THE HERON | KIMITACHI WA DŌ IKIRU (Closing Film)

        07/10/2023, 20:00, ATHENS CONCERT HALL (AL.TRIANTI VENUE)

        SILVER HAZE

        SILVER HAZE

        28/09/2023, 19:30, IDEAL
        07/10/2023, 18:00, IDEAL

        RESTORE POINT | BOD OBNOVY

        RESTORE POINT | BOD OBNOVY

        28/09/2023, 20:00, ASTY
        08/10/2023, 19:30, ASTY

        PUAN

        PUAN

        29/09/2023, 17:00, DANAOS 1
        07/10/2023, 17:00, DANAOS 1

        FREMONT

        FREMONT

        29/09/2023, 21:30, ASTY
        01/10/2023, 19:15, ASTOR

        WHICH COLOUR? | KAYO KAYO COLOUR?

        WHICH COLOUR? | KAYO KAYO COLOUR?

        30/09, 17.30, ASTY
        02/10, 18.00, ΑSTY

        THE NATURE OF LOVE | SIMPLE COMME SYLVAIN

        THE NATURE OF LOVE | SIMPLE COMME SYLVAIN

        30/09/2023, 20:00, DANAOS 1

        MAY DECEMBER

        MAY DECEMBER

        30/09/2023, 22:30, DANAOS 1

        THE BEAST | LA BÊTE

        THE BEAST | LA BÊTE

        01/10/2023, 21:30, ASTOR

        PRETTY RED DRESS

        PRETTY RED DRESS

        01/10/2023, 21:45, ASTY
        08/10/2023, 19:45, DANAOS 1

        SHAYDA

        SHAYDA

        01/10/2023, 21:45, DANAOS 1

        STORY AVE

        STORY AVE

        01/10/2023, 22:30, IDEAL
        04/10/2023, 17:30, DANAOS 1

        LAST SUMMER | L'ÉTÉ DERNIER

        LAST SUMMER | L'ÉTÉ DERNIER

        02/10/2023, 19:30, ΙDEAL

        WHEN WILL IT BE LIKE IT NEVER WAS BEFORE | WANN WIRD ES ENDLICH WIEDER SO, WIE ES NIE WAR

        WHEN WILL IT BE LIKE IT NEVER WAS BEFORE | WANN WIRD ES ENDLICH WIEDER SO, WIE ES NIE WAR

        02/10/2023, 19:30, DANAOS 1
        06/10/2023, 17:45, DANAOS 1

        CREATURA

        CREATURA

        02/10/2023, 21:45, ΙDEAL
        07/10/2023, 20:00, ASTY

        ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS | HE BIAN DE CUO WU

        ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS | HE BIAN DE CUO WU

        02/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 1
        05/10/2023, 22:00, IDEAL

        CLUB ZERO

        CLUB ZERO

        03/10/2023, 19:00, DANAOS 1

        THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE | DAS LEHRERZIMMER

        THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE | DAS LEHRERZIMMER

        04/10/2023, 19:30, DANAOS 1

        ABOUT DRY GRASSES / KURU OTLAR ÜSTÜNE

        ABOUT DRY GRASSES / KURU OTLAR ÜSTÜNE

        04/10/2023, 20:00, ASTOR
        08/10/2023, 18:00, ASTOR

        FEMME

        FEMME

        04/10/2023, 22.00, ΙDEAL
        07/10/2023, 22.30, ΑSTY

        MEMORY

        MEMORY

        05/10/2023, 19:30, IDEAL

        DREAM SCENARIO

        DREAM SCENARIO

        05/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 1

        THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE | LE SYNDROME DES AMOURS PASSÉES

        THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE | LE SYNDROME DES AMOURS PASSÉES

        06/10/2023, 20:00, DANAOS 1

        PLAYLAND

        PLAYLAND

        06/10/2023, 22:00, ASTY
        08/10/2023, 22:00, ASTY

        PRISCILLA

        PRISCILLA

        06/10/2023, 22:00, IDEAL

        RED ISLAND | L'ÎLE ROUGE

        RED ISLAND | L'ÎLE ROUGE

        07/10/2023, 20:00, ASTOR

        THE GREEN BORDER | ZIELONA GRANICA

        THE GREEN BORDER | ZIELONA GRANICA

        07/10/2023, 21:15, DANAOS 1

        THE ROYAL HOTEL

        THE ROYAL HOTEL

        07/10/2023, 22:30, ASTOR

        KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

        KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

        08/10/2023, 20.00, IDEAL

        ALL OF US STRANGERS

        ALL OF US STRANGERS

        09/10/2023, 21:00, IDEAL