Private Project

A Relationship

A 50-year-old Palestinian immigrant who has recently got Swedish citizenship and lives in Stockholm thinks about suicide because of loneliness. One day he gets a message from a Ukrainian unknown woman who claims she lives in the separatists-controlled area in the east of Ukraine. They start a virtual relationship and plan to marry. The man decides to travel to Ukraine and meet the woman, but she claims that the roads to the government-controlled area are closed and she has to move by Russian roads which costs too much while she has not enough money. The man tries to find a way to take her out of the separatist-controlled area, but he gets that the woman’s town is in the government-controlled area and she has no problem to move. When she finds out that the man has found the right information about the situation in her area, she disappears and does not answer his messages. While the man still feels himself in the lovely mood of the relationship and tries to contact her again, however, he guesses she is a hustler.

  • Abbas Ali Ezzati
    Director
  • Abbas Ali Ezzati
    Writer
  • Abbas Ali Ezzati
    Producer
  • Abbas Ali Ezzati
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 29 minutes 59 seconds
  • Country of Origin:
    Sweden
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Abbas Ali Ezzati

Abbas Ali Ezzati studied theater at Tehran University, Iran, and received his Master’s degree in film study at Tehran University of Art. He worked as an editor in Soroush Press (a part of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) between 1996 and 2003. He then published his own monthly magazine, Shooka, on film, theatre, and literature from 2003 till 2008. He has published some articles and translated 20 books on art and drama to Persian. He has also directed 11 short and documentary films. Since 2014, he has been living in Sweden and has cooperated with Stockholm University and Swedish Film Institute.

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