Absence

In his third feature as writer-director and star, Ali Mosaffa mixes family drama and political history with the air of a cold war thriller as a middle-aged son journeys from Tehran to Prague to better understand his father, a communist intellectual who started a new life in Eastern Europe in the wake of the 1953 coup. Online registration for this event has ended. Any seats remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby patrons. Face masks are required indoors.