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