The Locust

The Locust
Original Title: Malakh

2023

Synopsis

Hanieh is a broke forty year old woman on the verge of being thrown out from her apartment by her landlord. She has tried to make a film based on her own semi-autobiographical script for years, but after accepting that she has no luck to fulfill her dream, she has no other choice than selling the script to one of her best friends who is capable of directing the film. Due to her love for the script and its details, Hanieh is not able to tolerate any indifferent and ignorant reactions during the preproduction stages, but she decides not to get involved in any conflict with the director, the cast and the crew. However, during the reading rehearsal, when others begin to judge her character as described in the script and name her a bastard and a loser, Hanieh loses her temper and gets anxious. At her friend’s office, the investor calls off the project and Hanieh’s mother appears to force her to sell her diseased father’s house, the situation gets more and more complicated.

CAST AND CREW
Written and Directed by: Faeze Azizkhani Producers: Manijeh Hekmat (Bamdad Film), Mahshid Ahangarani Farahani (Bamdad Film) Co-producer: Yasmin Khalifa (KapFilme) Production Companies: Bamdad Film, DEFC Executive Producer: Daryosh Hekmat Production Manager: Parisa Nemati Moghadam Director of Photography: Alireza Barazandeh Editors: Hamidreza Barzegar, Majid Barzegar Music (on the title sequence): Hesam-eddin Salehbeig Production Designer: Soheil Danesh Eshraghi Costume Designer: Rana Amini Sound Designer: Iraj Shahzadi Make-up: Siamak Ahmadi Iran / Germany, 2022, ARRI ALEXA MINI, DCP, 2K, Color, 1:2.39, 5.1, 79 mins. Languages: Farsi. Current Status: Completed.
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