Directed by:
Susan GordanshekanScreenplay:
Susan GordanshekanCinematography:
Julian KrubasikComposer:
Sebastian FillenbergCast:
Pegah Ferydoni, Hadi Khanjanpour, Henrike von Kuick, Constantin von Jascheroff, Arash Marandi, Massud Rahnama, Anton Algrang, Christian Pfeil (more)Plots(1)
Mina lives in Iran. By Iranian standards she has left it rather late in the day to decide to marry. Kian is a doctor of Iranian origin. He’s single and lives in Germany. Frustrated by a series of unsuccessful blind dates, he finally takes his mother’s advice and uses the traditional Iranian method of arranged encounters with potential partners in order to find a wife. When Mina and Kian meet it’s not exactly love at first sight and yet they both sense the possibility of a life together. Mina decides to marry Kian and start a new life in Germany, with all the uncertainty that might bring. Both have the best intentions to create a harmonious relationship, and yet they do nothing but fail. In a wonderfully understated approach that also exhibits a subtle flair for capturing anxieties, key moments and turning points director Susan Gordanshekan tells this story of a relationship that turns out to be as dysfunctional as the cat that Mina has brought into their shared home. Only by shedding their charged expectations of each other as well as those of their social milieu does the couple finally find a way to live together. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Pegah Ferydoni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812668_bdb496.jpg)
Pegah Ferydoni
Iran
Best movies:
Isi & Ossi (2020)
Women Without Men (2009)
A Dysfunctional Cat (2018)
Hadi Khanjanpour
Iran
Best movies:
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)
System Crasher (2019)
A Dysfunctional Cat (2018)
![Henrike von Kuick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/305/159305680_59cebe.jpg)
Henrike von Kuick
East Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Hut in the Woods (2011)
A Dysfunctional Cat (2018)
![Constantin von Jascheroff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/683/158683282_07b6c2.jpg)
Constantin von Jascheroff
Best movies:
Offroad (2012)
The Seventh Little Brother (1991)
Picco (2010)
Arash Marandi
Iran
Best movies:
Tehran Taboo (2017)
A Dysfunctional Cat (2018)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Massud Rahnama
Best movies:
A Dysfunctional Cat (2018)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Anton Algrang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/883/159883152_8f1c83.jpg)
Anton Algrang
Italy
Best movies:
Valkyrie (2008)
Das Wunder von Wörgl (2018) (TV movie)
The Eremites (2016)
Christian Pfeil
East Germany
Best movies:
Shoppen (2006)
A Dysfunctional Cat (2018)
Rainer Steffen
Best movies:
The Wannsee Conference (1984) (TV movie)
A Dysfunctional Cat (2018)
Grain (2017)
![Kathrin von Steinburg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/055/169055620_2c056u.jpg)
Kathrin von Steinburg
West Germany
Best movies:
Shoppen (2006)
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
A Dysfunctional Cat (2018)
![Sina Wilke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/435/166435154_82c52a.jpg)
Sina Wilke
West Germany
Best movies:
A Dysfunctional Cat (2018)
Inga Lindström (2004) (series)
Rosa Falkenhagen
Germany
Best movies:
A Dysfunctional Cat (2018)
Sina Dresp
Germany
Best movies:
A Dysfunctional Cat (2018)
Christo Klahr
West Germany
Best movies:
Weekend Rebels (2023)
Confessions of Felix Krull (2021)
A Dysfunctional Cat (2018)
Azar Shahidi
Best movies:
A Dysfunctional Cat (2018)