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Normal Situation

  • Running Time
    18 minutes 26 seconds
  • Genre
    Comedy - Experimental
  • Language
    Persian - Farsi
  • Completed
    August 15, 2025, Iran

For years, the Groom has wandered in search of his missing half. But in this absurd quest for love, every encounter leaves him a little less whole—until the final meeting, where losing may be the only way to become complete.

Director’s Note

In today’s world, human relationships have reached a level of strangeness, complexity, and unpredictability never before seen in history. Normal Situation takes a surreal and grotesque lens to this reality, blending humor with discomfort to explore the absurdity of our connections. Through the symbolic journey of a groom in search of his other half — losing pieces of himself along the way — the film reflects on the fragmented, often bizarre nature of love and companionship in our time.

Tagline: Love hurts… and sometimes it costs you an eye.

Normal Situation is a surreal comedy that blurs the line between the ordinary and the absurd, capturing the bizarre complexity of modern human relationships. At its heart is the story of a groom on a relentless search for his other half — a journey marked by strange encounters and symbolic losses, as each meeting takes away a part of him. Without ever revealing the real names of its characters, the film invites the audience into a world where identity, love, and commitment are stripped down to their most peculiar and fragile forms.

Director Peyman Naji crafts the narrative with a grotesque sensibility, blending humor with unease to highlight the contradictions of contemporary life. The performances by an ensemble cast, including Siavash Cheraghipour, Noushin Tabrizi, and Mohammad Alaei, anchor the film’s eccentric energy in authentic human emotion. Each character, no matter how fleeting their presence, adds another layer to the groom’s surreal odyssey, creating a rhythm that is as unpredictable as it is compelling.

With its distinctive visual style, meticulous set design, and an atmospheric score by Aeen Afsharian, Normal Situation becomes more than a comedy — it is an allegorical reflection on the disjointed, often illogical nature of human connection. The film stands as both an intimate character study and a wider commentary on the strangeness of our times, leaving viewers amused, unsettled, and ultimately reflective about their own “normal” situations.


 

Logline: A one-eyed groom embarks on a surreal quest to find his other half, losing more of himself with every encounter in a world where love is as strange as it is costly.

 

About the director:

Peyman (Mohsen) Naji, born on 24 August 1980, is an Iranian directorscreenwriter, and actonema (The House of Cinema) and a screenwriting teacher in Iran. Peyman Naj graduated in Acting in 2013 from the Karnameh institute in Teheran. He graduated in Directing from the lesson of Famous Iranian Director Asghar Farhadi and graduated in directing from the course of Shahram Mokri.

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Normal Situation
A Film by Peyman Naji

Produced by
Mahsa Pourhashem

Written & Directed by
Peyman Naji

Investor
Adel Pournemat Roodsari

Cast
Siavash Cheraghipour
Noushin Tabrizi
Mohammad Alaei
Yadollah Shadmani
Badri Beranjani
Fatemeh Mortazi
Seyed Shayan Mousavi
Farya Najdi
Sasan Roozbeigi

Crew
Director of Photography – Mehdi Rezaei
Editor – Mahyar Behmanesh
Project Executive – Mahmoud Pouyandeh
Sound Recording Manager – Mehdi Yeganeh
Set Designer – Pouyan Baghandeh
Costume Designer – Melina Baghandeh
Makeup Artist – Ahoora Ghasemi
Sound Design, Mix & Music – Ehsan Afsharian
Composer – Aeen Afsharian
Theme Song Singer – Aslan Khodayi
Production Manager – Mahmoud Ostovar
Color & Light Correction – Mehran Dousti

Directing Team
Directing Manager – Mahmoud Pouyandeh
1st Assistant Director – Yasha Dolatkhah
Script Supervisor – Maral Omidi
Production Planner – Fatemeh Javadi Nasab
Behind-the-Scenes Photographer & Director – Sahar Partovi Kian

Director’s Assistants – Sara Mokhavat, Seyed Shayan Mousavi, Mahdieh Toosi, Mehdi Seddighi

Sound Assistant – Pedram Ramezankhah

Art Department
Decoration Builder – Mohsen Mehravani

 

Stage Crew – Navid Asadiyoun, Sajjad Ganjbakhsh, Aida Momeni, Narges Abdi, Reza Babaei, Mohammad Hasan Soozankar, Yeganeh Abasi, Omid Vahdat

Costume Assistants – Mona Taleb, Yasaman Karmi

Costume Sewing – Farideh Karmi, Mobina Mohammadi

Makeup Artist – Sahar Jahangiri

Prosthetic Fabrication & Installation – Ahoora Ghasemi

Production Assistants
Abolfazl Garmabi

Transport & Logistics
Mehdi Zangeneh

 

Camera Department
1st Assistant CameraMohammad Parsa Sharifi
Camera Crew – Mehdi Norouzi, Zahra Rezaei, Pouria Sanei

Additional Actors
Aslan Khodayi
Samaneh Nazari
Farshad Mehdi Zadeh
Hojjat Pashapour
Baran Alipour
Ehsan Moghadam

Equipment Rentals
Reza Tohmoureth, Mojtaba Tohmoureth

Special Thanks
Mohsen Asdaqpour, Leila Naghdepary, Mahmonir Khorshidi Far, Titinar Pournemat, Forouzan Rezaei, Behnam Soltani, Negar Amirabadi, Marzban Art School, Seyedeh Elham Kalantari, Ehsan Naji, Elahe Sadat Kalantari, Mahshid Shahidi, Paria Marzban, Amir Arshia Barati

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