Tark-e Amigh (فیلم ایرانی ترک عمیق), the debut feature by Arman Zarrinkoub, is a haunting psychological drama that peels back the layers of memory, madness, and emotional estrangement. Set almost entirely within the confined walls of a single home, the film follows Mahmoud, an elderly man who returns after a long stay in a psychiatric hospital. His homecoming, however, is anything but comforting. Instead, it reawakens a history of unresolved trauma and buried guilt.

Fakhri, his wife, receives him with cold detachment, as if clinging to silence as a shield against the past. As the days pass, the boundaries between reality and hallucination begin to blur. Through tightly composed shots and minimal dialogue, the film builds a slow, suffocating tension, reflecting Mahmoud’s fractured mental state and Fakhri’s emotional withdrawal.

Reza Babak delivers a compelling, restrained performance as a man teetering on the edge of clarity and collapse. The house itself becomes a character—its dark corners and locked doors echoing the secrets the couple can no longer avoid.

“Tark-e Amigh” doesn’t offer easy answers. Instead, it confronts the viewer with questions about forgiveness, repression, and the terrifying silence between two people who once shared a life. It’s a poignant meditation on the psychological wounds time cannot heal.