# Jandar (2019)

> A wedding-night killing forces an Iranian family into an agonizing struggle among truth, death penalty, honor, and coerced marriage.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/408413

## Facts

- Runtime: 100 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Hosein Amiri Doumari, Pedram Pour-Amiri
- Cast: Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, Hamed Behdad, Baran Kosari, Javad Ezzati, Masoud Karamati, Amir Ahmad Ghazvini, Giti Ghasemi, Ali Shadman
- TMDB rating: 4.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9784048/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: tense, melancholic, oppressive, serious film night, iranian cinema deep dive

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