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The Absent Director

20211h 26mMovieDrama

A young theatre company is rehearsing Macbeth in their director's home in Tehran. The director works with them from Paris over Skype. Their rehearsals are disturbed when the director's lifeless body shows up on their doorstep.

DirectorArvand Dashtaray
WriterNaghmeh Samini
ProducersHossein Akbari·Marene van Holk

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Cast · Directed by Arvand Dashtaray

MH
Marene van Holk
Marene
AD
Arvand Dashtaray
Arvand
AM
Azadeh Mirzaei
Azadeh
TH
Tahere Hezaveh
Tahere
DK
Diba Khatami
Diba
SB
Sanaz Bagheri
Sanaz
MN
Meysam Norouzi
Meysam
MM
Meisam Mirzaei
Meisam
AN
Amin Yazdani Nejad
Amin
RD
Romina Davachi
Romina
NN
Narges Saeidi Nejad
Narges
KJ
Keivan Jodeiri
Keivan

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The Absent Director hasn't started streaming in India yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around November 27, 2021. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.