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Completed - PERSIAN - Female director, Second film, Drama - 95 minutes

Log Line

Having no suitor, thirty-five-year-old Rohan agrees to marry Mahi, an old man who had been the village teacher for many years. Mahi is now the caretaker of the village shrine in whose healing power he does not believe.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2022 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2023 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2022

Director(s) : Nahid HASSANZADEH
Writer(s) : Nahid HASSANZADEH
Cast : Jila SHAHI, Hossein MAHJOOB, Majid POTKI

Producer(s) : Fery MALEK MADANI, Nahid HASSANZADEH

Synopsis

Having no suitor, thirty-five-year-old Rohan agrees to marry Mahi, an old man who had been the village teacher for many years. Mahi is now the caretaker of the village shrine in whose healing power he does not believe. Rohan begins her new life in a small room in the shrine. She meets a young boy who has taken refuge in the sanctuary of the shrine to be healed. When the boy dies suddenly, Rohan loses all her belief like her husband. The fanatic villagers do not tolerate the presence of two heathens in the shrine and the village any more.

Production

Country(ies) : IRAN

Festivals and Awards

Kazan 2022 ((Feature Film Competition) Winner of Grand Prize for the Best Film – Winner of Best Actress Award – Winner of NETPAC Award)
Kolkata 2022 ((Int’l Competition Section) Winner of Special Jury Award)


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