Happiness
Tehran, today. Shadi is 17 years old. In life, Shadi loves listening to music at the bottom of the blocks with her best friend Ferial. But soon, she has to move to France, far from everything she has always known. Shadi starts to ask herself questions: is immigration really what she wants? To find out, she will embark on a journey to discover Iran.
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Seasons
An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.
1.Shadi
7.020-09-20216 minShadi and Ferial are hanging out at the playground in their wealthy neighbourhood in northern Tehran. Ferial makes fun of Shadi: Why move to France if she can’t pluck up the courag...
2.Baudelaire on the Balcony
6.520-09-20216 minShadi gets bored in her class with her French poetry tutor, until she gets a message from Sina, the guy from the day before.
3.Sweet Immorality
6.520-09-20216 minShadi and her mother are summoned to the head teacher’s office. Shadi has been caught with a bottle of wine given to her by Sina, but alcohol is banned in Iran.
4.Kish
6.520-09-20216 minShadi comes home from Ferial’s where she took refuge after her fight with her mother. At home, she overhears a conversation about her future life in Paris.
5.Meet You at the Top
6.520-09-20215 minKish is a long way, so to get there Shaid and Ferial will need a car. They arrange to meet Sina at a well-known panorama, The Roof of Tehran. But will he agree to be their driver?
6.Leaving Tehran
6.520-09-20216 minThe gang are out of Tehran traffic and on the open road. The mood in the van is good even though Parsa is not the most helpful co-driver to Sina.
7.The Soul of Iran
6.520-09-20216 minOut of cash, Shadi, ferial, Parsa and Sina have to make a stop at Qom, the holy city. The four Tehranis don’t go unnoticed.
8.The Goat Beach
6.520-09-20216 minFerial's mother calls on Shadi's mobile, not convinced by her daughter's story of losing her mobile. Parsa takes control of the situation, which annoys Ferial and Shadi. How can th...
9.Bitter Dessert
6.520-09-20216 minThe travellers arrive in Shiraz in southern Iran. Shadi ponders her father’s message whilst Sina suggests going for a traditional dessert in the bazaar.
10.Final Destination
6.520-09-202110 minTired out by their journey and lost in the mountains, tensions rise in the van. Shadi admits something to the gang.
11.The Djinoubi Sound
6.020-09-20216 minShadi is surprised to wake up to a traditional marriage. Parsa seems to enjoy the festivities, but Ferial hasn’t forgiven him for his actions.
12.Birdsong
6.520-09-20216 minSina tries to repair the van and Parsa wakes up groggy with a black eye whilst Shadi and Ferial go and fetch water.
13.Scared of Nothing?
7.020-09-20216 minIt’s time for Ferial and Parsa to go home, Shadi decides to stay on. Sina is concerned that he won’t find the missing part to repair the van.
14.Arrival
7.020-09-20216 minShadi continues the journey to Kish. Arriving on the island of Kish, she has an unexpected encounter.
15.Hotel Miraj
6.520-09-20216 minShadi is alone on the beautiful beach of Kish, an island she doesn’t know. She decides to go and see her mother, but that is when the battery on her phone dies...
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