Salve - Marham - مرهم

When Marham runs away, she first feels seduced by the frivolous attitudes of the youth culture scene she finds herself in. Yet she soon finds new kinds of hardships and must make uncomfortable compromises in order to find her way. Shifting time frames provide an enigmatic edge in this raw and gripping drama, which passes beautifully from moments of nerve-wracking tension to the more intimate scenes of household affairs and familial support.

Ehteram is a rich old woman who lives with her grandson Reza in a big Villa in Motel Ghoo. Reza’s parents live outside of Iran. Ehteram has a couple of Villas in the north of Iran which she puts up for rent and has a dishonest steward called Memar who builds Villas with her money. Ehteram has an older sister named Ashraf Sadat who lives in Tehran who she doesn’t talk to and never hears from. One day Ashraf Sadat comes to see Ehteram unannounced. She actually comes to the north to find her granddaughter Maryam is addicted to crack and has ran away from home.