The May Lady

Year: 1998

Runtime: 88 mins

Language: Persian

Director: Rakhshan Banietemad

Drama

Forough Kia, a divorced filmmaker living with her son Maani, starts a documentary on what makes a perfect mother. Meeting various mothers exhausts her, and she quits, but Dr. Rahbar urges her to continue. Maani’s constant teasing delays her acceptance of Rahbar’s proposal, until she finally decides to marry him.

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