2019
France - Germany - Switzerland - Luxembourg - Lebanon - Iran
89min - DCP - 1.85 - Color
Original language: Farsi
© photos: Somaye Jafari
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Cast
Sadaf ASGARI (Maryam)
Behnaz JAFARI (Mona)
Babak KARIMI (Ayat, the producer)
Fereshteh SADRE ORAFAEE (The mother)
Forough GHOJABAGLI (Keshavarz)
Arman DARVISH (Omid, the TV host)
Fereshteh HOSSEINI (Anar)
Credits
Director: Massoud Bakhshi
Script: Massoud Bakhshi
Image: Julian Atanassov
Editing: Jacques Comets
Sound: Dana Farzanehpour, Denis Séchaud
Producers: JACQUES BIDOU, MARIANNE DUMOULIN (JBA PRODUCTION)
Coproducers: NICOLE GERHARDS, JOËLLE BERTOSSA and FLAVIA ZANON, BADY MINCK and ALEXANDER DUMREICHER-IVANCEANU, GEORGES SCHOUCAIR, FRED PREMEL, ALI MOSAFFA
Co-production companies: JBA PRODUCTION, NIKO FILM, CLOSE UP FILMS, AMOUR FOU LUXEMBOURG, SCHORTCUT FILMS, TITA B PRODUCTIONS, ALI MOSAFFA PRODUCTIONS in coproduction with ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel in collaboration with ARTE, RTS, SRG SSR, VOO BE TV / PANACHE PRODUCTIONS and LA COMPAGNIE CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE / with the support of EURIMAGES, CNC, FILM FUND LUXEMBOURG, PICTANOVO avec le soutien de la REGION HAUTS-DE-FRANCE et en partenariat avec le CNC, MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG, FILMFÖRDERUNGSANSTALT, OFC, NORDMEDIA, REGION BRETAGNE, CINEFOROM, BREIZH FILM FUND, TORINOFILMLAB, PYRAMIDE, COOPERATION BELGE AU DEVELOPPEMENT, SUNDANCE, BON GAH, ANGOA
Festivals & Awards
AWARDS
GRAND JURY PRIZE
World Cinema Dramatic Competition - 2020 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
BEST SCREENPLAY
2020 SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
FESTIVALS 2020
2020 Berlin Film Festival - Generation 14plus Competition
FIFDH Geneva IFF
Luxembourg IFF
Sofia IFF – In competition
Karlovy Vary IFF
Pyeongchang International Peace Film Festival - In competition
Mediterranean Film Festival Split - In competition
Vancouver IFF
Warsaw IFF
Bergen IFF
Helsinki IFF - In Competition
Bogota IFF
Pyeongchang International Peace Film Festival - In Competition
Tartu Love FF
Odesa IFF
Brisbane IFF
Adelaide IFF
YALDA - A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS
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 (37), Nasser's daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a popular live TV show and forgive Maryam. This TV show does exist in Iran, it has inspired this fiction.
Iran, de nos jours. Maryam, 22 ans, tue accidentellement son mari Nasser, 65 ans. Elle est condamnée à mort. La seule personne qui puisse la sauver est Mona, la fille de Nasser. Il suffirait que Mona accepte de pardonner Maryam en direct devant des millions de spectateurs, lors d’une émission de téléréalité. En Iran cette émission existe, elle a inspiré cette fiction.