Talla

An unflinching look at the lives of Tehran’s middle class today, Talla follows a determined young man whose future goes off the track as he pushes to earn the simplest life he deserves. He starts a small cafe with his girlfriend to build a meaningful life for his young ill niece, Talla, but his life takes an irreversible and sinister turn when he finds it impossible to pay back the investment, and is left to make a much tougher decision than he ever imagined. The newest film from one of the most prominent figures of Iranian arthouse cinema, Talla is a sharp, fiercely honest portrait of a young man whose dreams come to a sudden halt in a world where every hope seems to lead to a dead-end.