A young woman is murdered by her own father, with the help of her younger brother. She is secretly buried in the cellar, a space where the women of the family weave carpets and perform other domestic chores. Her loss, or perhaps her presence, continues to haunt the family as it reverberates through the following generations. Ayyari’s film is staged exclusively in this house and was banned several times in Iran.
Unfortunately the movie The Paternal House is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Camera | Dariush Ayyari | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Kianush Ayyari | Writer |
| Directing | Kianush Ayyari | Director |
| Production | Shahrokh Dastourtabar | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Kianush Ayyari | Screenplay |
| Production | Kianush Ayyari | Producer |
| Sound | Behzad Abdi | Music |
| Editing | Dariush Ayyari | Editor |
| Editing | Farhad Ghodsi | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hossein Salehian | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Asghar Nejadimani | Production Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Asghar Nejadimani | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Azam Rahmani | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Hassan Aghakarimi | Production Manager |
| Sound | Ali Hosseini | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Saeed Salehi | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Reza Sepehri | Lighting Technician |
| Directing | Navid Bani | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Nima Aghakarimi | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Mohammad Kashfi | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Mazdak Ayyari | Still Photographer |
