World War III

(2023)

★ 7 IMDb · 38 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2023

Runtime: 117 мин

Country: Iran

Director: Houman Seyyedi

Cast: محسن تنابنده, Mahsa Hejazi, Neda Jebraeili, Navid Nosrati, Morteza Khanjani, حاتم مشمولی, Lotfollah Seifi, Bahman Sadegh Hassani, Amir Atashani

Plot

Shakib is a homeless day laborer who never got over the loss of his wife and son in an earthquake years ago. Over the last couple of years, he has developed a relationship with a deaf and mute woman, Ladan. The construction site on which he works today turns out to be the set of a film about the atrocities committed by Hitler during WWII. Against all odds, he is given a movie role, a house and a chance at being somebody. When Ladan learns about this, she comes to his workplace begging for help. Shakib’s scheme to hide her goes tragically wrong and threatens to ruin his newfound status and what seemed to be the opportunity of a lifetime.