Leila's Brothers

At forty, Leila has spent her life caretaking—managing the household, tending to aging parents, and smoothing the endless clashes between her four brothers. The family is a pressure cooker of arguments and dashed hopes, constantly squeezed by mounting debts and the ripple effects of international sanctions that threaten their livelihood and home. Leila’s quiet endurance masks frustration and fatigue as every attempt to find stability is met with another setback.

As schemes, rivalries, and impulsive plans to escape their circumstances unfold, the household careens between darkly comic moments and painful confrontations. The film traces how loyalty, pride, and desperation shape choices that ripple through the family, offering a searing portrait of resilience and collapse. Anchored by Leila’s stubborn compassion, the story becomes a nuanced look at duty, sacrifice, and the human cost of social and economic strain.