Ava

Name: Ava
Genre: Drama
Released: April 27, 2018
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Bahar Noohian, Houman Hoursan, Leili Rashidi, Mahour Jabbari, Mona Ghiasi

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Grasshopper Film | Release Date: April 27, 2018 | NR

Starring: Bahar Noohian, Houman Hoursan, Leili Rashidi, Mahour Jabbari, Mona Ghiasi, Parnian Akhtari, Sarah Alimoradi, Shayesteh Sajadi, Vahid Aghapoor

Summary: Based on her own adolescent experiences, Sadaf Foroughi’s Ava is a gripping debut about a young girl’s coming-of-age in a strict, traditional society. Living with her well-to-do parents in Tehran, Ava is a bright and focused teen whose concerns — friendships, music, social status, academic performance — resemble that of nearly any teenager.Based on her own adolescent experiences, Sadaf Foroughi’s Ava is a gripping debut about a young girl’s coming-of-age in a strict, traditional society. Living with her well-to-do parents in Tehran, Ava is a bright and focused teen whose concerns — friendships, music, social status, academic performance — resemble that of nearly any teenager. When Ava’s mistrustful and overprotective mother questions her relationship with a boy — going so far as to visit a gynecologist — Ava is overwhelmed by a newfound rage. Formerly a model student, Ava begins to rebel against the strictures imposed by her parents, her school, and the society at large.… Expand

Director: Sadaf Foroughi

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: NR

Runtime: 102 min

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G. Allen Johnson

Jul 12, 2018

In watching Ava, a visually inviting and sharp portrait of teenage life in Iran, one must admire how writer-director Sadaf Foroughi was able to play her own tune in life. Read full review

Danny King

Apr 25, 2018

Foroughi’s movie surveys how the mounting external pressures in Ava’s life bring her to a near-breaking point, and the director has devised (with the cinematographer, Sina Kermanizadeh) an explosive visual grammar to approximate the depths of Ava’s isolation and pain. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Apr 26, 2018

Lurching relentlessly from one conflict to another, the movie distills its emotions — and maintains its momentum — in conversations of remarkably controlled intensity. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Sep 1, 2022

The 0-60 acceleration of disaster and melodrama is a little disconcerting, as is the tendency to self-sabotage demonstrated by Ava and her mother. But there’s a jagged emotional authenticity scored into the film like initials carved into a desk. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Sep 1, 2022

Ava is made with superb technique and real style. Read full review

Kate Taylor

Sep 1, 2022

The film's bitter exposé of life under a theocracy is unforgettable Read full review

Jake Cole

Mar 28, 2018

The film's constant cruelty is so inescapable that it starts to feel unfair not only to the protagonist, but to Iran itself. Read full review

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Ralfbergs

Mar 21, 2021

I thought it was decent movie. Maybe only minus that not very memorable but I did enjoy it

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