TEHRAN – Director Shahed Ahmadlu’s “How Much Do You Want to Cry?” premiered in Tehran theaters yesterday.

The film tells the story of an old man named Reza Shayesteh who hires a group of people to cry at his upcoming funeral and commemoration ceremony but wants to see them do a rehearsal of their roles as mourners before his death.

The comedy was the swan song of veteran actor, television and radio announcer, and radio programmer Manuchehr Nozari, who played Shayesteh. He died of a renal infection at the age of 69 on December 7, 2005.

The cast also includes Abolfazl Purarab, Niku Kheradmand, Hamid Lolaii, Shahram Haqiqatdust, Elnaz Shakerdust as well as a group of actors specializing in TV comedy series.