Invitation (2008 film)


Invitation is a 2008 film directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia. Hatamikia and Chista Yasrebi are the writers of the screenplay, it is a poly-layered narrative with many celebrities in the cast.

Synopsis

A number of different families face a similar crisis and they react according to their specific points of view. It is a Persian drama movie about several couples realizing they are going to have a baby, and each of these couples lives play out in different episodes through the movie.
The film revolves around the theme of child abortion and its main message can be interpreted as "a child who is invited to come to this world should not be aborted" even if it is from a 60 year old, widow or a concubine who like her job more than her child, or a wandering woman in a city that is distancing herself from her plumper husband. One critic described it as "a movie about abortions in which no abortions happen".
This episode of the film which about two university students Pejman Bazeghi is eliminated after the filming which is considered due to censorship treatments, but Ebrahim Hatamikia considers it as the result of time shortages in the limited boundary for a film.

Cast and crew

This film starrs Farhad Ghaemian, Mohammadreza Foroutan, Mahnaz Afshar, Katayoun Riahi, Merila Zarei, Gohar Kheirandish, Sorayya Ghasemi, Reza Babak, Siamak Ansari, Majid Moshiri, Sara Khoeiniha, Sahar Jafarijozani, Anahita Netami, Hoda Naseh, Negar Forouzandeh, Negin Sedaghatgooya and Mohammadreza Sharifinia.
Production crew includes:
Hatamikia chose to release the film before the Fajr International Film Festival and did not enter it into the festival.