Young Minoo is standing at the traffic lights and sees the attractive teenager Keyvan on the other side. The two flirt wordlessly until the traffic lights finally turn green. They spend the day together, trying to guess each other's names and talking about suicide and the future. They explore the city and each other reminiscing of characters from classic rom coms. But as easy as the first contact of youthful love comes across in Boomerang, Minoo's parents find it difficult to maintain their love and marriage. Boomerang is an unusual film from Iran. Light, philosophical and playful, it tells of the changing roles of women and the decline of traditional images of masculinity without lapsing into gloomy nihilism. Shahab Fotouhi combines naturalism with surreal, dream-like moments and lets his characters glide through the busy streets of Tehran capturing the intimate dynamics of an entire city. This is achieved above all through the editing, for which the Georgian-German director Alexandre Koberidze is responsible together with Pouya Parsamagham. The precise editing by the Georgian-German director Alexandre Koberidze and Pouya Parsamagham enables a playful narrative flow lively reflecting the urban life in Tehran. Iranian cinema rarely allows itself such a hopeful view. Boomerang celebrated its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the prestigious Giornate Degli Autori sidebar.