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THE DOLL
GHOOLCHAGH

• Director: Asghar Yousefinejad
• IRAN / 2023 / DCP / Colour / 90’ / Azeri Turkish; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Asghar Yousefinejad
• Director of Photography: Hamid Mehr Afrooz
• Editing: Parinaz Mehri
• Music: Alireza Mahmoudpour
• Cast: Parastoo Fanid, Firouz Agheli, Soyel Shirgir, Nasser Hashemi, Fatemeh Esmaili, Reza Bagheri, Hassan Babazadeh, Vahid Shirzad, Roqayeh Zareiun, Amin Haji Akbari, Reza Abpak
• Producer: Jalili Akbari Sehat, Safieh Aslani
• World Sales: Iranian Independents

Aging family man Ayoub decides to marry a young woman when his wife of forty years, Shamsi, disappears under dubious circumstances. No one in the family seems to approve this formidable and cheeky woman, because the new bride, Roya, is the caretaker of Eyüp’s mentally challenged adult son. As the wedding festivities drag on, the flavour is lost, while uninvited guests, revelation of unpleasant secrets and true intentions upset the balance of the extended family. Filmed in Azeri Turkish and shot in one take with a camera that uncannily wanders like an invisible wedding guest, The Doll maintains its underlying tension with dark humour. We had seen The Home, the debut feature of director Asghar Yousefinejad, who died suddenly in September 2022 after the completion of The Doll, at the festival in 2018.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.