
Age: 83
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Reza Naji is an Iranian actor and an iconic figure of Iranian cinema. Naji started his career in theater when he was a teenager. While serving in the Iranian army, he continued to perform in different roles. His first role in a film goes back to 1997 in Children of Heaven, which proved to be a breakthrough. For playing the role of Ali's father, director Majid Majidi was seeking an actor with an Azeri accent, and Naji was carefully selected from a group of 2,500 actors tested for the role. Since then, he has played several roles in Iranian films. Among his most notable performances is his appearance in "The Song of Sparrows", directed by renowned film director Majid Majidi, for which Naji won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, and Best Performance by an Actor at the 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reza Naji, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Mahdyar’s quiet life shatters the night he stumbles into a hidden world pulsing beneath the surface of his city. What begins as an accident pulls him toward a covert network with influence far beyond anything he imagined — a system that watches everyone, directs everything, and eliminates anything that threatens it. As Mahdiar tries to back out, the walls close in. Every answer leads to a new layer of danger. Every ally might be a trap. What he uncovers forces him into a brutal race for survival, pushing him to decide who he can trust and how far he’s willing to go before the system claims him for good. A dark, tense thriller about control, paranoia, and a man who realizes he’s become a piece on someone else’s board.

