Simran Hans 

Inversion review – compelling Iranian drama

Family and duty come into conflict in Behnam Behzadi’s tale of a woman torn
  
  

Sahar Dolatshahi is Niloofar in Inversion.
‘Dynamic’: Sahar Dolatshahi as Niloofar in Inversion. Photograph: PR Company Handout

Heavy, low-hanging clouds of pollution loom over Behnam Behzadi’s low-key Tehran-set drama. The dynamic Sahar Dolatshahi is Niloofar, an independent business owner and city singleton, lumped with responsibility for her ailing mother (Shirin Yazdanbakhsh). Dolatshahi is compelling as a woman torn between familial duty and self-determination, coming alive in one particular clothes-shop confrontation. One caveat: the constant shrill ring of mobile phones, a distracting narrative device that pushes the plot along while pulling the viewer out.

 

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