Completed - PERSIAN - Drama - 134 minutes
On a very ordinary day, four ordinary people decide to set fire to a cinema packed with people.
Year of production : 2020 Director(s) : Shahram MOKRI Writer(s) : Nasim AHMADPOUR, Shahram MOKRI Cast : Babak KARIMI, Razieh MANSOURI, Abolfazl KAHANI, Mohammad SAREBAN, Adel YARAGHI, Mahmoud BEHRAZNIA, Behzad DORANI Producer(s) : Negar ESKANDARFAR (Karnameh Institute of Arts and Culture)
Forty years ago, during the uprising to overthrow the Shah's regime in Iran, protestors set fire to movie theatres as a way of showing opposition to Western culture. Many cinemas were burned down. In one tragic case, a theatre was set on fire with four hundred people inside, most of whom were burned alive. Forty years have passed and, in contemporary Iran, four individuals also decide to burn a cinema down. Their intended target is a theatre showing a film about an unearthed, unexploded missile. Will past and present meet?
Country(ies) : IRAN
This list is based on the distributors’ declarations. In the case where you don't agree about one of them, please inform us of the change(s) you request by clicking here.
77th Venice IFF-Orizzonti Competition 2020 (*BISATO D’ORO* Award - Best Screenplay)56th Chicago International Film Festival 2020 (Official selection-Competition, *Winner of: *Silver Hugo* Jury Prize)19th Dhaka IFF, Bangladesh 2021 (Competition-*Winner of: *Best Scriptwriter* )50th International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands 2021 (Cinema Regained)