The Siren

Synopsis

November 1980. Southern Iran. We are at the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war. Abadan, the capital of the Iranian petrol industry resists the repeated assaults of the Iraqi army, but is soon under full siege. Omid, a 14-year-old boy, has stayed back in the city, with his grandfather, waiting for his elder brother to come back from the frontline. Along with Omid, we discover several other uncommon characters, each one having stayed for a personal reason. Each one resisting in his own way. But as the Iraqi siege of the city hardens, Omid has to quickly find a way to save those he loves.

Cast

Mina Kavani

Hadmidreza Djavdan

Shabnam Toloui

Pari

Crew

Art

• Kwinten Debien Background Designer
• Zaven Najjar Graphic Designer

Directing

• Sepideh Farsi Director

Editing

• Isabelle Manquillet Editor
• Grégoire Sivan Editor

Production

• Sébastien Onomo Producer
• Vanessa Ciszewski Producer
• Annemie Degryse Producer
• David Grumbach Producer
• Richard Lutterbeck Producer
• Natalène Darfeuille Production Coordinator
• Marianne Laslandes Production Manager

Sound

• Céline Bernard Foley Artist
• Gervaise Demeure Sound Editor
• Loine Desenclos Foley Artist
• Ken Nnganyadi Foley Mixer
• Luca Theis Sound Designer
• Nicolas Tran-Trong Sound Editor
• Jeroen Truijens Sound Designer
• Pierre Vedovato Sound Editor
• Vincent Verdoux Recording Supervision
• Erik Truffaz Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

• Luca Chiari Animation

Writing

• Javad Djavahery Writer