Storm in Our Town
1958, Persian. Directed by Samuel Khachikian.
The fates of a madman, a homeless woman, a print shop worker and a playboy are intertwined in the days leading up to Persian New Year. Toofan, an uncategorisable film which moves freely between horror and comedy; documentary, musical and sci-fi, was the first production of Khachikian’s own studio, Azhir Film. After the censor banned Khachikian from making a film about the first serial killer of the modern era in Iran, he turned to one of his own stories, exploring his preferred themes of compassion and evil. Shot both in the studio and on location, it features a memorable sequence of Bonfire Wednesday and a ruin which was rumoured to be a former Qajar era torture dungeon.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Persian
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- Released
- 21 October 1958
- Original title
- طوفان در شهر ما
- Country
- Iran
- Written by
- Samuel Khachikian
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Storm in Our Town runs 102 minutes (1h 42m).
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Storm in Our Town isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 October 1958. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Storm in Our Town (1958) was directed by Samuel Khachikian and stars Hossein Daneshavar, Gholamali Khajavi, Arefeh Roozbehani.