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Yalda, a Night for forgiveness
By Massoud Bakhshi
In modern Iran, Maryam, 22, accidentally kills her husband, Nasser, 65. She is sentenced to death. The only person who can save her is Nasser's daughter Mona, born of a previous marriage. All it would take is for Mona to agree to appear on a TV reality show and forgive Maryam in front of millions of viewers. But forgiveness proves hard to come by once the truth about the past resurfaces... A rare and unusual Iranian film, which skillfully portrays showbiz society.
An Arte and RTS film
Section Competition - Fiction
- Director(s)
- Massoud Bakhshi
- Writer(s)
- Massoud Bakhshi
Casting
- Behnaz Jafari
- Babak Karimi
- Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee
- Sadaf Asgary
Distributor
- Sister Distribution
Production
- JBA Production
- Niko Film
- Close Up films
- Amour Fou Luxembourg
- Schortcut Films
- Tita B Productions
- Ali Mosaffa Prods. production
Cinematographer
- Julian Atanassov
Sound
- Dana Farzanehpour
- Benjamin Benoit
- Denis Séchaud
Editor
- Jacques Comets
- Duration
- 89'
- Production country
- Portugal, Tunisia & Morocco
Monday 9 March
18:45
Grütli - Salle Langlois
Wednesday 11 March
21:00
Grütli - Salle Simon
In the presence of the filmmaker Massoud Bakhshi and the film crew
