‘Boomerang’ Review: A Fresh, Leisurely Look at a Changing Tehran
variety.comSiddhant Adlakha Shahab Fotouhi‘s debut feature “Boomerang” is a delightful, surprising portrait of modern Iran, but its biggest surprise is that Fotouhi is in his forties.
His voice is the kind that feels not only fresh, but under-heard. He paints metropolitan Tehran with youthful verve, capturing — through loosely connected stories, a few non-sequiturs and even a scene of magical realism — the city’s vibes during a moment of generational transition.
Of course, that Fotouhi was raised immediately following the Iranian revolution still makes sense. Several of the film’s characters are middle-aged, and some of them — the men in particular — struggle to let go of old modes of thinking, interacting and being.
However, the crux of “Boomerang” is its female characters: a mother, Sima (Leili Rashidi), and her teenage daughter Minoo (Yas Farkhondeh), who seldom interact on screen, but whose overlapping stories speak to the country’s shifting tides.
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