Postchi (1972)
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Ali Nassirian, Ezzatolah Entezami, Jaleh Sam, Ahmad Reza Ahmadi
A troubled postman’s already-fragile life unravels when his landlord’s nephew returns and begins an affair with his wife.
The story
Taghi, a postman, lives with his wife in his landlord’s house. He is nervous and emotionally unstable because of impotence, and his treating doctor—a veterinarian—gives him herbal medicines. The landlord’s nephew, known as the Engineer, returns from abroad intending to put his uncle’s estate in order and convert the livestock farm into a pigsty. The Engineer begins an illicit affair with Taghi’s wife, and Taghi’s mental state worsens as the affair threatens his precarious domestic life.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Taghi, the postman, lives with his beautiful wife in his landlord’s house. Because of his impotence, he is nervous and emotionally unstable. His treating doctor is a veterinarian who treats him with herbal medicines. The Engineer, the landlord’s nephew, returns from abroad. He intends to put his uncle’s estate in order and turn the livestock farm into a pigsty. The Engineer begins an illicit affair with Taghi’s wife. Taghi’s mental state worsens, and when he learns of the affair between the Engineer and his wife, he kills her with a knife. Thumbnail | Dariush Mehrjui and Houshang Baharloo behind the scenes of the film *The Postman*
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