66th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
31 OCTOBER → 9 NOVEMBER 2025
TRIBUTES / RETROSPECTIVES: Abbas Kiarostami

Iran 1976 54 35mm Colour
On the occasion of her daughter’s wedding, a mother takes her son to the tailor to have a new suit made for him. Fifteen-year-old Ali works as an assistant in the tailor’s shop. Two friends of Ali’s, who work in neighbouring shops, ask Ali to borrow the boy’s suit before it is picked up by its owner. The suit is borrowed again and again and, despite all the events that intervene, it ends up hanging in its place, as good as new, when the customer comes to pick it up. The delicate relations among the characters and the tight, dramatic plot make for an absolutely believable story.