Subtraction (Iranian, Eng Sub)

108 min | 29 Feb 2024

Mature themes, violence, coarse language and a suicide scene

A married couple believe they meet their doppelgängers in Tehran.

When Farzaneh (Taraneh Alidoosti) spots a man on a city bus who looks an awful lot like her husband, Jalal (Navid Mohammadzadeh), she follows him to an unfamiliar building. There, she sees the residents greet him as if they know him and watches from the street as he enters an apartment to meet with another woman.
Three months pregnant and barely present in her job as a driving instructor, Farzaneh is convinced she’s caught Jalal in an affair. When they discuss it, he’s adamant about his alibi, reminding her that he was miles away at the time. Farzaneh begins to fall apart, but she swears she saw him, and, unable to let go, she continues to pull on the thread before making an unsettling discovery about the man on the bus.

Director
Mani Haghighi
Cast
Taraneh Alidoosti, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Esmail Poor Reza, Farham Azizi
Genre
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rating
M (Mature themes, violence, coarse language and a suicide scene)
Release Date
29 February 2024
Runtime
108 min