Baltic premiere

Captain

Local title

Kapten

Original title

Kapitan

Director

Mohammad Hamzei

Country

Iran

Year

2022

Programme

Children's Rights Programme

Genre

Drama

Subject

interpersonal relationships, child-parent relationships, coming of age, absurd

Eleven-year-old Isa is absolutely convinced that he will soon be playing for the Iranian national football team. Nothing can shake his confidence. Not even the fact that he lives in the cancer station of a hospital and gets weaker from treatment to treatment. Isa and his friend Ali plan to achieve their dreams before Ali’s last serious operation. It should be away from the eyes of doctors and nurses.

Age recommendation: 14+

Director

Mohammad Hamzei

Cast

Pantea Panahiha, Pejman Bazeghi, Sepideh Eydi, Amir Hossein Bayat, Parham Gholamlou, Amir Ali Moghadam, Mahbod Byour, Arghavan Shabani

Producer

Seyed Saber Emami

DoP

Amin Jafari

Composer

Habib Khazaifar

Runtime