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Shahram & Abbas

2006 · 35 min Drama
6.8 / 10 · TMDB

Two Iranian men, young student Shahram and older journalist Abbas meet at Schiphol airport. In order to make a better chance for asylum they decide to pretend to be homosexual.

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Year 2006
Country Netherlands
Genre Drama
Director Remy van Heugten
Runtime 35 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.8/10 (5 votes)

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The film constructs a claustrophobic psychological drama, relying on the tense space of interrogation rooms to explore the fragility of a fabricated identity. It builds pressure through subtle glances and silences, making the audience complicit in the characters' deception.

What lingers after the final frame is a profound unease about the systems that force individuals to perform such desperate acts. The line between survival and self-betrayal becomes hauntingly blurred. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Remy van Heugten

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