The Siren
Dir. Sepideh Farsi
PG-13 • 1 h 41 min • 2022 • Animation, Drama, Historical film • France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium • The film is in the original language with English subtitles
1980, Abadan. The capital of the Iranian oil industry is resisting an Iraqi siege. Fourteen-year-old Omid has braved the siege and stayed in the city with his grandfather, waiting for his elder brother to return from the front line. Along with Omid, a gallery of unusual characters have all remained in the city for their own reasons, and each resists in his or her own way. But the noose is tightening as Omid tries to save his loved ones, by embarking them on an abandoned boat he finds in Abadan’s port, that will become his ark.
Directed by Sepideh Farsi Screenwriter: Javad Djavahery Producers: Sébastien Onomo, Annemie Degryse, David Grumbach, Vanessa Ciszewski Company: Les Films d’Ici, Special Touch Studios, Rêves d’Eau productions, Amopix, Les Fées Spéciales, Lunanime, Katuh Studio, BAC Cinema