Mortician

Mortician (2025)

A reclusive mortician who has been tasked with washing the bodies of recently deceased ex-pat Iranians in Canada. His world is turned upside down when he receives an unusual request from a dissident singer in hiding.

Date of release
2025-08-16
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Director
Abdolreza Kahani

Casting

Interesting facts

Mortician is a Canadian drama film, directed by Abdolreza Kahani and released in 2025. The film stars Nima Sadr as Mojtaba, an Iranian expatriate living in Canada, where he works for a company that washes dead bodies in accordance with Islamic funeral customs.When he receives notice from his boss that the company is shutting down and he should consider moving back to Iran, he is approached by Jana, an Iranian pop star also in exile who intends to commit suicide as a social media protest to raise awareness among her fans of government oppression in Iran.

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