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Yalda, a Night for Forgivness

Film Movement | Release Date (Streaming): December 11, 2020

Summary: The lights and cameras are all in position. The moderator takes a last quick look at his notes. The final seconds of the intro ad roll by, and then the show goes live. Tonight’s guest is Maryam, a young woman condemned to death for murdering her husband. With her in the studio is Mona, the daughter of the dead man. Maryam is supposed to beg for forgiveness, and her life, for the camera. If Mona grants her forgiveness, Maryam will live, and the show's sponsors will pay Mona a reward. If she denies it, Maryam will die. Millions of television viewers are tuning in on the night of Yalda, the Persian celebration of the winter solstice, to see Maryam's fate unfold. Alluding to a real, popular Iranian TV show, the television studio serves as a stage for a startling chamber play between these two women, and the social pressures behind their circumstances. [Film Movement]

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Runtime:	89 min
Rating:	Not Rated
Production:	Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Genres:	Drama
Countries:	DE, FR, CH, LU, LB, IR
Language:	Persian

Director	Credit
Massoud Bakhshi	Director

Writer	Credit
Massoud Bakhshi	Writer

Principal Cast	Credit
Arman Darvish	Omid, The TV Host
Babak Karimi	Ayat, The Producer
Behnaz Jafari	Mona
Faghiheh Soltani	Firouz
Fereshteh Hosseini	Anar
Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy	The Mother
Forough Ghajabagli	Keshavarz
Ramona Shah	Police Officer
Sadaf Asgari	Maryam
Zakieh Behbahani	TV Director

Producer	Credit
Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu	Producer
Ali Mosaffa	Co-Producer
Bady Minck	Co-Producer
Flavia Zanon	Co-Producer
Fred Prémel	Co-Producer
Georges Schoucair	Co-Producer
Jacques Bidou	Producer
Joëlle Bertossa	Co-Producer
Marianne Dumoulin	Producer
Nicole Gerhards	Co-Producer
Siavash Aghaiepour	Associate Producer