Southside Tehran meets northside Tehran in TV director Parisa Bakhtavar's comedy debut, "Tambourine". Based on a screenplay by Bakhtavar's husband acclaimed Filmmmaker Asghar Farhadi (Fireworks Wednesday) Tambourine depicts social issues through different levels of life in today's Tehran. Robert Koehler of Variety writes:"Though not as charged and raw in its observations of marital conflict as
"Fireworks Wednesday," "Tambourine" can be viewed as a gentler companion to Farhadi's drama, taking in a larger community of rich and poor characters. Casting is solid all around, as Kosari's poker-faced approach serves as a good contrast to her more broadly playing co-thesps, with actors like Abbar and Shahrokshahi in the emotional middle range."

"Tambourine" is a whirligig comedy, playing out over the course of one day and carrying hints of the ensemble-shuffling of Robert Altman, the snarkiness of Preston Sturges and the pace of Billy Wilder.

Amin Hayayi,Baran Kosari,Mehran Modiri,Mohammad Reza
Sharifinia,Saber Abar,Gohare Kheirandish,Nima Shahrokhshahi,Bahareh Rahnama,Hamed Behdad,Akram Mohammadi,Negar Forouzandeh,Niloufar Khoshkholgh,Omid Rouhani.
Director: Parisa Bakhtavar. Screenplay:Asghar Farhadi. Producer: Seyed Jamal Sadatian. Dirctor of Photography: Morteza Poursamadi. Set and Clothes Designer: Keyvan Moghadam. Makeup: Iman Omidvari. Sound:Bahman Motevali

(Iran, 2008, 110 minutes.) In Persian with subtitles.