The Recall

The search of an Iranian mother, Pari, for her missing son in Athens will force her on a journey to the dark corners of the city as well as the hidden depth of her own self. Babak, an Iranian student in Greece, doesn't show up to welcome his visiting parents at the Athens airport. Pari and her older husband, both devout Muslims abroad for the first time, are ill-prepared to search for their son in an intimidating and alien environment. All their attempts to find a clue that might lead them to him prove to be in vain and they soon reach a dead end. But Pari can't give up looking for him, even when returning to Iran seems like her only choice. Following the steps of her rebellious son in the darkest corners of the city, she will exhaust her inner strength to achieve more than a mother's search for her missing son. —Official Synopsis Faced with a daunting language barrier, Iranian parents Pari and Farrokh arrive in Athens, Greece, to visit their student son Babak. However, as the unsuspecting couple learns that Babak moved out of his apartment months ago, Pari and Farrokh embark on a desperate quest for truth and their missing son in the grey urban maze of the bustling metropolis. Unfortunately, searching for a lost child in the city's dark underbelly is like looking for a needle in a haystack. But people don't just vanish into thin air. What happened to Babak? Is he the boy they thought he was? —Nick Riganas