How can young people in Iran enjoy their lives beneath the watchful eyes of the Islamic watchdogs when unmarried and unrelated couples are not even allowed to hold hands in public? The protagonists of this feature film find a not entirely risk-free but completely lawful solution, one which western singles can only dream of – a temporary marriage.

Director: Reza Serkanian
Writer: Reza Serkanian
Cinematographer: Mehdi Jafari
Editor: Caroline Emery
Music: Hossein Ali Zadeh
Sound: Mehdi Saleh Kermani
Producer: Overlap Films, Frankreich
Associate producer: Hanfgarn & Ufer
Sponsors: Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres; Fond Culture and Communication, Fonds Sud, France; EZEF, Germany; Experimental and Documentary Film Center, Iran

Maryam: Mahnaz Mohamadi
Kazem: Hossein Farzi-Zadeh
Aziz: Javad Taheri
Hadji: Dariush Asadzade
Delphine: Clothilde Joulin
Pierre: Fabrice Desplechin
Azam: Masoume Mohamadi Asi
Effat: Soheyla Kashef Azar
Fatima: Azam Reshid Khani
Kazem’s father: Aziz-Olla Zaimi
Sarah: Anahita Rokni

– ACID, Cannes Film Festival (France), 2011