A glamorous melodrama about losing your country and your mind, The Bitter Tears of Zahra Zand is absurd, tragic, and funny. The film explores the operatic rise and fall of a famous Iranian fashion designer going broke in a foreign land. Zahra Zand has fled the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Robbed of her success and recently divorced, she lives in the stylish fantasy world of her apartment in 1980s London. Desperate to reinvent herself, she discovers a young and free-spirited muse named Sheila. So begins Zahra's romantic attempt to recapture her glory days. Starring well-known Iranian poet Boshra Dastournezhad, acclaimed for her role in Rotterdam award winner Radio Dreams, who wrote the script with director Vahid Hakimzadeh (NETPAC award winner). Produced by Reza Safai, best known for the cult classic A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. Co-starring Melina Farahani, the cast includes Goli Samii, Pari Armineh, Avin Manshadi (Under the Shadow), and Soussan Farrokhnia (Under the Shadow).