Mom’s Guests

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In a poor Tehran neighborhood, Effat, who is the mother of two, is in a huge predicament because she has to prepare dinner for her guests. The guests are coming over at a time when she has nothing at home to make for dinner. The social comedy reaches its climax when the neighbors, despite being poor, do their best by each giving out what they have to help Effat serve her guests a decent dinner.

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00:00Come on, make a call. Tell your father my nephew and his wife are coming this evening.

00:03He has to buy some stuff on the way home. We need sugar, tea, cookies and fruit.

00:13Who's the important guest anyway?

00:15My cousin. I mean the colonel and his wife.

00:18Oh, it's them now. Come on, Mamia.

00:21My nephew, I mean the colonel and his wife have just got married,

00:24are coming over this evening for the first time.

00:27So that's great.

00:30What are you doing?

00:31Wish I were wealthy enough to make a sacrifice as you came in.

00:35You have no idea how happy we are.

00:37Thanks for coming to our crumped old house.

00:39Your car's blocked the alley. There's a truck which needs to go.

00:42So can you move?

00:43All right, thank you.

00:44Wait a second, stop right here. Since when have you become a driver?

00:47No, seriously, I know how to drive. I've practiced a lot with Sahil's father.

00:50If he killed someone while driving, the blood money would have cost me 20 million dollars.

00:53Okay, enough. Stop it.

00:55Stop it. Could you stop it?

00:58Oh, my goodness.

00:59Sit down.

01:00Do you have any idea what we've got in this goddamn kitchen?

01:08Let's see. I guess the rice is ready now.

01:12It's the weekend and you're off tomorrow, so stay.

01:16Please give my best chance.

01:17Oh, yeah, sure.

01:18Oh, please.

01:18And we'll have some delicious calipache for breakfast.

01:21Wow, that's unbelievable.

01:22Calipache, good.

01:23Why are you out?

01:24Oh, are you all right?

01:26Mommy, what's wrong with you?

01:27чи's coming out.

01:28Yeah.

01:29How are you out?

01:29Yeah.

01:30Okay, I'll see you next time.

01:30How are you out?

01:30Oh, let's go.

01:33You see and get ready to me.

01:34Alright.

01:35Bye.

01:36Bye.

01:37Bye.

01:38Bye.

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