Abraham: The Friend of God

Directed by Mohammad Reza Varzi

With Behzad Farahani, Roshanak Ajamian, Mohammad Sadeghi, Leila Bolukat and Negin Sedgh Guya

M. Sadeghi stars as the title character in filmmaker Reza Varzi's epic retelling of the life and times of Abraham, known as the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, the world's three most prominent monotheistic religions. Led by God from Mesopotamia to the land of Canaan, Abraham entered into a covenant with the Lord that, once fulfilled, would see him father a great nation of kings.