Absence (2023)

Rouzbeh arrives in Prague, far from his troubled family life in Tehran, to research his father’s past. Visiting the flat where his father, a communist expatriate, lived 50 years ago, in the times of Czechoslovakia, he is stopped by a policewoman investigating a recent accident. The current resident of the flat, Vladimir, who turns out to be Rouzbeh’s half-brother, has fallen out the window. Discovering hidden corners of Vladimir’s life and getting closer to his soul, Rouzbeh learns a shocking truth about his father, totally contradicting the image of a hero he had about him. This puts him on the path which led to Vladimir's fall from the window.

Released Nov. 30, 2023 100 min 13+

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Keywords: tmdb.family-history, tmdb.family-secrets, mdblist.has-trailer

Production Companies: Ali Mosaffa Productions, i/o post, Arina Film Production

Country: Czech Republic
Production Countries: Czech Republic, Iran, Slovakia
Languages: English, Czech, Slovak, Persian