In an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their bullying father. A man prone to rages and driven by chauvinism, the father’s abusiveness found his second wife leaving him. Now he picks on his eldest son, while the younger sibling fantasises about ways to kill his father. When the man rents out the flat above to a young woman, with intentions of marrying her, the woman’s attraction to the older son slowly pushes this profoundly damaged family to breaking point.
Leila Hatami
Raana
Hamed Behdad
Ali Bastani
Hassan Pourshirazi
Gholam Bastani
Mohammad Valizadegan
Reza Bastani
Babak Hamidian
Critic
Fahimeh Rahimnia
Raana's mother
Reza Rouygari
Raana's father
Mohammad-Reza Davoudnejad
Ghamkhar
Vahid Ghazi Zahedi
Ali Rahimi
The Old Bachelor is a drama, thriller film released in 2025. Directed by Oktay Baraheni, it stars Leila Hatami, Hamed Behdad, Hassan Pourshirazi. In an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their bullying father. A man prone to rages and driven by chauvinism, the father’s abusiveness found his second wife leaving him. Now he picks on his eldest son, while the younger sibling fantasises about ways to kill his father. When the man rents out the flat above to a young woman, with intentions of marrying her, the woman’s attraction to the older son slowly pushes this profoundly damaged family to breaking point.
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