Following a narrow escape from Iran and a set of awards at Cannes, Mohammad Rasoulof’s terrifying drama on a family splintered by political repression arrives at the Odyssey.

In early 2020s Tehran, well-meaning lawyer Iman gains a grand new position as investigating judge, granting a better life for his family and responsibility for the regime’s questionable penalties. As protests erupt against the state which his daughters sympathise with, hate, fear, and discord take root in the household – with violent consequences. A seasoned writer-director and critic of Iran’s regime, Rasoulof (Goodbye, Manuscripts Don’t Burn) was sentenced by it during filming and barely fled to Europe alongside the footage. Even without context, he leaves an all-too tense, immersive, and convincing portrait of how authoritarianism can destroy lives at a domestic level, which could not be more timely.