STRAW 2025: A Mother’s Silence Was Louder Than a Siren
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.

Hossein, who is about to marry his cousin Fereshteh for the second time, suddenly finds out that his long-lost son Reza is actually alive and living with his old friend Ahmad and Ahmad's wife, Maryam.
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.
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