Shaam-e-akhar (2002)
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Katayoun Riahi, Soraya Ghasemi, Atila Pesiani, Mohammad Reza Golzar, Hanieh Tavassoli
A mother and daughter’s relationship with the same young man sets off a family and university scandal.
The story
University professor Mahine Mashreghi leaves her husband after 26 years together. Her daughter Setareh lives with her and considers her father reactionary. Setareh falls in love with her classmate Mani, but Mani prefers Mahine. When Setareh’s father discovers the triangle, he accuses his wife and daughter of illicit relationships with Mani before the university’s Morality Committee. The resulting complaint puts Mahine and Setareh’s lives and futures under pressure.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Mahine Mashreghi, a university professor, leaves her husband after 26 years together. Setareh, her daughter, who lives with her mother and considers her father a reactionary man, falls in love with her classmate Mani. But Mani prefers Mahine. When he discovers the love triangle, the father files a complaint with the university’s Morality Committee, accusing his wife and daughter of having illicit relationships with Mani. Mahine and Setareh are dismissed from the university. Mahine reciprocates Mani’s love by accepting his marriage proposal. Heartbroken, Setareh turns back to her father. A tragic ending seems inevitable. At the end of her tether and in a fit of despair, Setareh ends the lives of the newlyweds with her father’s rifle during their wedding night.
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