Blockage

Blockage (Persian: سد معبر, romanized: Sade Ma'bar) is a 2017 Iranian drama film directed by Mohsen Gharaie and written by Saeed Roustayi.^[1][2] The film screened for the first time at the 35th Fajr Film Festival and received 4 nominations.^[3]

Blockage
Film poster
Directed by	Mohsen Gharaie
Written by	Saeed Roustayi
Produced by	Bahman Kamyar
Starring	Hamed Behdad Baran Kosari
Cinematography	Morteza Hedayat
Edited by	Sepideh Abdolvahab
Music by	Reza Mortazavi
Distributed by	Hedayat Film
Release dates	31 January 2017 (2017-01-31) (Fajr Film Festival) 27 December 2017 (2017-12-27) (Iran)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian
Box office	1.06 billion toman (Iran)

It was released on December 27, 2017, in Iran theatrically.^[4]

Premise

Ghasem (Hamed Behdad), a municipality employee uses his position to put his hands on other people's money to collect enough to buy a truck, while his wife Narges (Baran Kosari) threatens to abort their child if he does not buy a house with their savings.

Cast

• Hamed Behdad as Ghasem
• Baran Kosari as Narges
• Nader Fallah as Rasool
• Gity Ghasemi as Razieh
• Mohsen Kiaee as Mehdi
• Negar Abedi as Mona
• Alireza Kamali as Ghasem's colleague
• Bahram Sorouri Nejad^[5]

Reception

Critical response

Behdad's performance received critical praise, winning him various accolades.

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2017	Fajr Film Festival	Best Supporting Actress	Gity Ghasemi	Nominated	[6]
		Best Supporting Actor	Nader Fallah	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Saeed Roustayi	Nominated
		Best Editor	Sepideh Abdolvahab	Nominated
2018	Hafez Awards	Best Motion Picture	Bahman Kamyar	Nominated
		Best Director – Motion Picture	Mohsen Gharaie	Nominated
		Best Actor – Motion Picture	Nader Fallah	Nominated
			Hamed Behdad	Nominated
		Best Actress – Motion Picture	Baran Kosari	Nominated
		Best Screenplay – Motion Picture	Saeed Roustayi	Nominated
		Best Editor – Motion Picture	Sepideh Abdolvahab	Nominated
2017	Busan International Film Festival	New Currents Award	Mohsen Gharaie	Won
2018	Iran Cinema Celebration	Best Actor In a Leading Role	Hamed Behdad	Won
		Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Nader Fallah	Nominated
		Best Production Design	Hojat Ashtari	Won
2017	Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association	Best Actor In a Leading Role	Hamed Behdad	Won	[7]
		Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Nader Fallah	Nominated
		Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Gity Ghasemi	Nominated
		Best Editor	Sepideh Abdolvahab	Nominated
2018	Malaysia International Film Festival	Best Actor	Hamed Behdad	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Gity Ghasemi	Nominated
		Best Film	Mohsen Gharaie	Nominated
		Best Director	Mohsen Gharaie	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Saeed Roustayi	Nominated
2018	Sofia International Film Festival	Best Film	Mohsen Gharaie	Won
2018	Transatlantyk Festival	Section "New Cinema"	Mohsen Gharaie	Nominated