a film by Massoud Bakhshi

Avant-Premiere with Usage du Monde 21 the 10th of September, Louxor cinéma, 170 bd Magenta, Paris 10e

Distributed by Pyramide Films, French release 7th of October 2020

Produced by JBA Production, Niko Film, Close Up Films, Amour Fou Luxembourg, Schortcut Films, Tita B Productions, Ali Mosaffa Productions

With Sadaf Asgari, Behnaz Jafari, Babak Karimi, Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee, Forough Ghajebeglou, Fereshteh Hosseini

GRAND JURY PRIZE  – World Cinema Dramatic Competition – 2020 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

BEST SCREENPLAY –  2020 SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Summary :

In Iran today Maryam (22) accidentally kills her husband Nasser (65) and is sentenced to death. The only person who can save her is Mona (37), Nasser’s daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a popular live TV show and forgive Maryam. This TV show does exist in Iran, it has inspired this fiction.

Teaser : https://vimeo.com/pictanovo/ba-yalda