Iran 89′
a film by MASSOUD BAKHSHI
In Iran today: Maryam (22) accidentally kills her husband Nasser (65) and is sentenced to death. The only person who can save her is Mona, Nasser’s daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a popular live TV show and forgive Maryam. But forgiveness proves difficult when they are forced to relive the past.
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PRESS
FESTIVALS
FABRIQUE DES CINÉMAS DU MONDE CANNES 2016
TORINO FILM LAB 2016 Audience Award & Coproduction Award
SUNDANCE LAB Global Filmaking Award.
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL WORLD COMPETITION 2020 GRAND JURY PRIZE
BERLINALE 2020 Génération 14+
BEST SCENARIO SOFIA FILM FESTIVAL (Bulgaria)
BEST DIRECTOR ANTALYA (Turkey)
CIRCLE AWARD WASHINGTON (USA)
PRIX DES LECTRICES DE ELLE (France)
SCENARIO AWARD BARCELONA FILM FESTIVAL 2021 (Spain)
AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS FOR SADAF ASGARI 10th Iranian Film Festival Australia 2022
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ADDITIONAL IMAGES
CREDIT
author director MASSOUD BAKHSHI
producers MARIANNE DUMOULIN JACQUES BIDOU
productions JBA PRODUCTION (France) NIKO FILM (Germany) CLOSE UP FILMS (Switzerland) AMOUR FOU (Luxembourg) TITA B (France) ALI MOSAFFA PRODUCTIONS (Iran) SHORTCUT FILMS (Liban)
casting SADAF ASGARI, BEHNAZ JAFARI, BABAK KARIMI
image JULIAN ATANASSOV
editing JACQUES COMETS
sound DANA FARZANEHPOUR, DENIS SÉCHAUD
production year 2019
formats : DCP – COLOR – 1,85 – 24F/S – 5.1
versions: FARSI – WITH FRENCH/ENGLISH/GERMAN SUBT