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 |
| Directing | Kianush Ayyari | Director |
| Writing | Kianush Ayyari | Writer |
| Editing | Dariush Ayyari | Editor |
| Writing | Kianush Ayyari | Screenplay |
| Editing | Farhad Ghodsi | Editor |
| Production | Kianush Ayyari | Producer |
| Production | Shahrokh Dastourtabar | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Behzad Abdi | Music |
| Directing | Navid Bani | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Azam Rahmani | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Ali Hosseini | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Mohammad Kashfi | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Nima Aghakarimi | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Asghar Nejadimani | Production Designer |
| Camera | Mazdak Ayyari | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Asghar Nejadimani | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hossein Salehian | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Hassan Aghakarimi | Production Manager |
| Sound | Saeed Salehi | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Reza Sepehri | Lighting Technician |
