The Absent Director
A young theatre company is rehearsing Macbeth in their director's home in Tehran. The director works with them from Paris over Skype. Their rehearsals are disturbed when the director's lifeless body shows up on their doorstep.
A young theatre company is rehearsing Macbeth in their director's home in Tehran. The director works with them from Paris over Skype. Their rehearsals are disturbed when the director's lifeless body shows up on their doorstep.
Marene van Holk
Marene
Arvand Dashtaray
Arvand
Azadeh Mirzaei
Azadeh
Tahere Hezaveh
Tahere
Diba Khatami
Diba
Sanaz Bagheri
Sanaz
Meysam Norouzi
Meysam
Meisam Mirzaei
Meisam
Amin Yazdani Nejad
Amin
A young theatre company is rehearsing Macbeth in their director's home in Tehran. The director works with them from Paris over Skype. Their rehearsals are disturbed when the director's lifeless body shows up on their doorstep.
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