Over 11 days, the 2019 Atlanta Film Festival will present 31 feature length films plus 98 short films, including an array of music videos, virtual reality and episodic pilots.
Tehran: City of Love (Tehran shahr-e eshgh)
NAME OF FILM: TEHRAN: CITY OF LOVE (TEHRAN SHAHR-E ESHGH)
DIRECTOR(S): Ali Jaberansari
STARRING: Forough Ghajabagli, Mehdi Saki, Amir Hessam Bakhtiari
GENRE: Drama Film
SYNOPSIS: A bodybuilding champion turned personal trainer finds secret excitement in his life when he takes on a new, young client. A beauty clinic secretary who lacks confidence in her physical appearance creates a digital persona to seduce men she feels she could never have. A dispirited religious singer tries his luck performing at weddings to increase the chances of finding the love of his life. This is a bittersweet tale of three disenchanted characters yearning for love in a city that does not embrace them.