The Frog () is an Iranian crime and mystery TV series incorporating magical realism, written, edited and directed by Houman Seyyedi and produced by Ali Asadzadeh, produced in 2020–2021. It is Houman Seyyedi's first episodic project, the first episode of which was supposed to be released on December 15, 2020, but was delayed by a court order. Eventually, the first episode aired on December 23, 2020.
Plot
On Chaharshanbe Suri, three friends named Ramin (Saber Abr), Farid (Ashkan Hassanpour), and Javad (Shahrooz Del Afkar) after stealing the weapon of a wounded officer, rob Noori (Navid Mohammadzadeh), Ramin's childhood classmate, who has become a rich and mysterious man...
Cast Actor Character DetailsSaber AbarRamin FayaziJavad and Farid's friendNavid MohammadzadehNoori ZarnegarRamin's childhood classmate, gang leaderSahar DolatshahiFaranak BahramiRamin University colleague, material producer, laboratory employee, Ramin's past mistress Fereshteh HosseiniLeilaNoori's sister, Soroush's love interestHouman SeyyediAmirali Shamsabadi Mohammad Amin SherbafSoroush GholipourAbad and Nouri's friend, In love with LeilaNima MazaheriAbadSoroush's friendMehran GhafourianKianAnahita AfsharNegarAmirali's wifeShahrooz DelafkarJavad AziziRamin and Farid's friend Ashkan HassanpourFaridRamin and Javad's friendManeli RasouliYoung LeilaEsmaeel SoltanianNasser FayaziRamin's father Ehsan AmaniYadollah Shademani Abolfazl ZarnegarNoori's father Omid Mohammadzadeh Young NasserRamin's father in young Samaneh MoniriYoung ShahinRamin's mother in young Peyman MirzaeiHassanAunt Ramin's husbandAli, PianistPiano player in the movieYouna TadinYoung RaminMoein ShahcheraghiSaeedRamin's sister husbandPeyman PazokiHadi TaslimiFarhadJavad's addicted brotherAmirparviz TabrizchiFoaadLeila’s ex Fatemeh MortaziVehid AbdullahiNafas MohammadiNafas, ZariFoaad’s sisterAlireza vatan parastAli vPiano player in the movieSepehr SepiAliPiano player in the movie
Production The Frog is the first series directed by Houman Seyyedi and is also Navid Mohammadzadeh's first series. Filming started in 2019 and was stopped due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus, filming finished in the summer of 2020 and 15 episodes were produced. The filming of the Frog took about two years.
Distribution Negotiations were held for the release of the series on Netflix, but no agreement was reached, and the series was finally released on Namava (an Iranian streaming service). The first episode of the series is an open interpretation of La Haine. 48 hours after the release of the first episode, the series set a record with 40 million views in Iranian home video.
Episodes Episode numberEpisode titleEpisode timeDate of Release1Africa48 minutes23 December 20202Kill the dogs52 minutes28 December 20203The despicable sticking to the column 49 minutes4 January 20214The smell of rotten bitter orange45 minutes11 January 20215Red balloon45 minutes18 January 20216Find your seat50 minutes25 January 20217I found my seat53 minutes1 February 20218As a reminder, you have a meeting today 47 minutes 8 February 20219The cut finger 45 minutes15 February 202110Devil's breath48 minutes22 February 202111Burn him in fire43 minutes1 March 202112Private54 minutes8 March 202113Conspiracy theory53 minutes15 March 202114Red tears44 minutes22 March 202115 (The Final Episode)The Frog72 minutes29 March 2021
Reception
Critical response Massoud Farasati criticized the series in Haft program and said:
Brian O’Shea, CEO of The Exchange:
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult202121st Hafez AwardsBest Television SeriesThe FrogBest Director – Television SeriesHouman SeyyediBest Screenplay – Television SeriesHouman SeyyediBest Actor – Television Series DramaSaber AbarNavid MohammadzadehBest Actress – Television Series DramaFereshteh HosseiniSahar Dolatshahi20221st Iranian Cinema Directors' Great CelebrationBest Home Video DirectorHouman Seyyedi
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