M FOR MOTHER

• A Film by: Rasoul Mollagholipour
• Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Hossein Yari, Jamshid Hashempour, Sahar Dolatshahi, Ali Shadman. Iran, 2006, 35 mm., Color, 1:1.66, Dolby Surround, 112 mins.
• Synopsis: Sepideh, a young relief-worker helping combatants during the imposed war is herself injured by the Iraqi chemical bombardments. Several years after the war, she becomes pregnant with her first child. However, during a routine ultrasound she is told by her doctor that the embryo has been damaged due to the chemical bombardment. She is then faced by a conflicting dilemma of whether she should keep her child or abort him…