# Lovely Trash (2019)

> An elderly Iranian woman’s frantic overnight house-cleaning becomes a surreal reckoning with family ghosts and the political memories that make ordinary possessions dangerous.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/402158

## Facts

- Runtime: 88 min
- Genres: War, Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
- Director: Mohsen Amiryoussefi
- Cast: Shirin Yazdanbakhsh, Shahab Hosseini, Hedie Tehrani, Akbar Abdi, Negar Javaherian, Habib Rezaei, Saber Abar
- TMDB rating: 5.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6208032/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: surreal, melancholic, darkly comic, arthouse cinema night, political film discussion

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