SUMMER WITH HOPE

Omid, a teenage athlete who is barred for bureaucratic reasons from a swimming competition; however, as his estranged father has made his consent to a divorce from his mother conditional on Omid's performance in the competition, he begins to train in open-water swimming under the coaching of Mani, with their increasingly close friendship leading to community rumours and allegations they are engaging in a gay sexual relationship with each other.

The Crew

Leili Rashidi

Mother

Mahdi Ghorbani

Omid

Alireza Kamali

Saadi

Benyamin Peyrovani

Mani

Kiarash Anvari

Arash

Milad Mirzaei

Kamran

Sanaz Najafi

Mani's Wife