‘Untimely’ to be screened at Cinematheque Vancouver

The Vancouver’s Cinematheque has set to screen Iranian feature film ‘Untimely’.

Directed by Pouya Eshtehardi, the film will be screened in the Canadian event on November 17, 21 and 22, 2021.

The feature film is about a young private, Hamin, doing his military service in a watchtower at the border of Iran and Pakistan.

Up in the watchtower, Hamin reviews the past events in his life that include what has happened to him and his sister since their childhood.

Impatient for a day off to attend his sister’s wedding ceremony, he gets into a fight with his commander.

The cast list of ‘Untimely’ includes Iman Afshar, Shayan Afshar, Mahsa Narouee, Ava Azarpira, Ayyoub Afshar, and Molabakhsh Raeesi.

The Cinematheque, founded in 1972, is a Canadian charity and non-profit film institute, media education center, and film exhibitor based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The event has been set to hold a monthly program titled ‘Contemporary Iranian Cinema’ which is dedicated to screen an acclaimed Iranian film every month.

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