Completed - FARSI - Drama - 88 minutes
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Massoud BAKHSHI Cast : Sadaf ASGARI, Behnaz JAFARI, Fereshteh SADR ORAFAI, Babak KARIMI Producer(s) : Marianne DUMOULIN (JBA PRODUCTION), Jacques BIDOU (JBA PRODUCTION)
Maryam (22) is sentenced to death after killing her husband Nasser (65). In Iran, where the law of retaliation prevails, a victim’s family can forgive the killer. For Maryam, this pardon plays out on the country’s most popular reality show on the day of Yalda, the longest night of the year, and can save her life.
Country(ies) : FRANCE, IRAN, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, LUXEMBOURG, LEBANON
Sundance Film Festival 2020 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition (World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic)Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2020 Generation