Café Setareh is the life story of three women in an old district of Tehran. Fariba earns her and her family’s living by running a small café in the district. Her husband is jobless and drowned in debauchery. The young and beautiful Saloomeh dreams of marrying a boy called Ebi. She has a desire for a more comfortable life, but as a mechanic, Ebi cannot afford the wedding costs or renting an apartment. Trying to make dirty money, Ebi is arrested and imprisoned. Molouk is a midlife woman who has fallen in love with one of district’s young men. Khosro likes her too, but not as his wife. Molouk who is much older than Khosro tries to remain young by dedicating some time to music and sport. The director: “It was not so easy to make the crew understand how innocent the characters are. It took time for actors to be adapted to this world. But at the end it was the sincerity of the film which affected all crew.”

Sceneggiatura / Screenplay Peyman Moadi
Fotografia (colore) / Photography (colour) Bahram Badakhshani
Montaggio / Editing Mohammad Reza Moueini
Musica / Music Amir Tavasoli
Suono / Sound Parviz Abnar, Mansoureh Shahbazi, Iraj Shahzadi, Amin Mirshekari
Interpreti / Cast Afsaneh Baygan, Pejman Bazeghi, Haniyeh Tavasoli, Roya
Teimourian, Hamed Behdad
Produzione / Production Hedayat Film, Mostafa Shayesteh
Anno di produzione / Year of production 2006
Durata / Running time 102’
Formato / Format 35mm

Saman Moghaddam

Born in Tehran in 1969, Saman Moghadam studied Filmmaking at Cinema Training Complex. His debut feature, Siavash (1999), was one of the top-grossing titles in Tehran in 1999. His next feature film, Party (2001), earned a best actress award at the 9th Pyongyang Film Festival. 2005 he made his third feature film, MAXX.