A mother of a poor family, has guests coming over, yet doesn't know how to get the dinner party altogether with limited resources.
Directed by Dariush Mehrjui, 'Mom's Guest' is set against the backdrop of the Iraq-Iran war, and tells the dark yet funny story of Mrs Effat, who, when unable to feed her newly arrived nephew and his bride, turns to those in her building for help. After having been persuaded to bring food and join her impromptu picnic, one by one, the neighbours begin to reveal their struggles and hardships. This light and simultaneously moving story of camaraderie is sympathetically brought to life by Golab Adineh, Roya Alemi, and Amin Hayayee.—IMVBox.com
A mother of a poor family, has guests coming over, yet doesnt know how to get the dinner party altogether with limited resources. The various characters in the family as well as neighbours all work together so the mother is able to save face in front of her guest. A real family film, where you won't cry or feel depressed. You'll get that feeling of family coming together and having dinner, telling jokes, etc...—PeykanTM
The mother (Glob Adina) learns that her niece (Amir Hosseini) is going to come to her party with her niece (Roya Alami), the mother is nervous and worried in order to maintain her reputation and tries hard to prepare the appearance of the house.
Yes, but Yadullah's father (Hasan Pourshirazi) has not arrived yet, and guests may arrive at any moment. A few minutes after the arrival of Yadullah, who brought a watermelon with him, the guests arrive.
Mother - who keeps addressing him as Colonel - decides to be their dinner guest. But there are no catering facilities at home, the mother goes to her neighbors and acquaintances. The mother's anxiety to prepare dinner is increasing every hour, the residents of the house are struggling, the importance of chicken on the table is vital for the mother.
Mesh Maryam (Faridha Sepah Mansour) - one of the neighbors - who has several chickens and roosters at home, but she does not want to kill one of them to provide dinner. Amir (Alireza Jafari) - the youngest son of the family, together with his friend, secretly buys chicken and fish from his father's store, but his friend's father comes across and punishes his son, and Amir returns home unsuccessful.
Yusuf (Parsa Pirouzfar), who comes from a rich family, after he beats his pregnant wife (Nasrin Moqanlou) for throwing away her drugs, but later to win her heart, who is worried about Mom's party, along with Amir goes to his father's house and amid the constant questions of his father (Mehdi Taghinia) and the continuous curses of his mother (Afrin Ubaysi) who believes that his wife Siddiqa has made his son addicted, he takes all the necessary food items from the refrigerator and returns.
The other neighbors prepare the rest of the ingredients needed for the mother's ideal dinner, and before the party starts, Amir's friend's father, who regrets what he did, brings the chicken and fish to their house with his son.
Finally, the dinner is ready. the guests and all the residents of the house sit at the table, the mother is happy with the dignity and the guests are ready to leave, and with the unreasonable insistence and stupid insistence of Yadullah, the guests agree to stay at the mother's house that night. She faints, all the guests are trying to get her to the hospital in any way, the doctor considers excessive anxiety to be the cause of the mother's discomfort and prescribes absolute rest for her.
After the guests return, a separate room for the bride and groom. they prepare, the neighbors go to their houses and the lights are turned off one by one and the mother closes her eyes satisfied with the honor of her hard day.
