THE APPLE DAY

ROOZ E SIB

By Mahmoud GHAFFARI

ELI IMAGE - as DISTR / PROD

Children's - Completed 2022

Mahdi is a first-grade student in an elementary school in a suburb of Tehran. His teacher asked him to bring thirty apples (Seeb in Farsi) on the day of learning the letter “S”. Mahdi’s family is poor. Saeed, Mahdi’s brother tries hard to collect 30 apples in two days.

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Berlinale - EFM 2022
Generation
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Children's, Family, Drama
    • Countries
    • IRAN
    • Languages
    • PERSIAN
    • Duration
    • 79 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Mahmoud GHAFFARI
    • Producer(s)
    • Elaheh NOBAKHT (ELI IMAGE)
    • Synopsis
    • A first-grade primary school teacher in a poor suburb of Tehran assigns a letter to each student and asks them to bring items starting with an assigned letter, related to their fathers’ jobs. Mehdi's father is a fruit seller and he must bring 30 apples (“Seeb” in Farsi) to class on the “S” Day. However, an unfortunate event immerses the family in a crisis. Saeed, Mehdi's older brother, should find a way to overcome this challenge and help Mehdi for “the apple day”.