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The Old Bachelor (2025)

Original title: پیرپسر

2025-06-11 · 3h 12m · FA
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In an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their bullying father. A man prone to rages and driven by chauvinism, the father’s abusiveness found his second wife leaving him. Now he picks on his eldest son, while the younger sibling fantasises about ways to kill his father. When the man rents out the flat above to a young woman, with intentions of marrying her, the woman’s attraction to the older son slowly pushes this profoundly damaged family to breaking point.

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Oktay BaraheniDirector, Writer

Top billed cast

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Leila HatamiLeila HatamiRaanaHamed BehdadHamed BehdadAli BastaniHassan PourshiraziHassan PourshiraziGholam BastaniMohammad ValizadeganMohammad ValizadeganReza BastaniBabak HamidianBabak HamidianCriticFahimeh RahimniaFahimeh RahimniaRaana's motherReza RouygariReza RouygariRaana's fatherMohammad-Reza DavoudnejadMohammad-Reza DavoudnejadGhamkharVahid Ghazi ZahediVahid Ghazi ZahediAli RahimiAli Rahimi

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Genre affinityDrama · ThrillerDialogue densityDramaPacingLongDirector preference1025544Actor preference245663 · 472625 · 477839Country preferenceIr

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What is The Old Bachelor about?

In an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their bullying father. A man prone to rages and driven by chauvinism, the father’s abusiveness found his second wife leaving him. Now he picks on his eldest son, while the younger sibling fantasises about ways to kill his father. When the man rents out the flat above to a young woman, with intentions of marrying her, the woman’s attraction to the older son slowly pushes this profoundly damaged family to breaking point.

How long is The Old Bachelor?

The Old Bachelor has a runtime of 192 minutes.