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Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness

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Maryam, a young woman on death row for her husband's murder, joins a live show on Yalda night to seek forgiveness-only for shocking truths to be revealed.
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Carlos Aguilar Los Angeles Times The riveting and superbly acted Iranian drama, based on a real variety show, poses a moral crucible born out of a theocratic system that disfavors women amid the heightened tension of the on-camera spectacle. Dec 11, 2020 Full Review Roxana Hadadi RogerEbert.com It's a tricky balancing act that requires increasingly high stakes, and in its quieter moments Yalda sometimes loses momentum. But the scenes during which everything clicks together are so uncomfortable and so tense that you won't soon forget them. Rated: 3/4 Mar 25, 2020 Full Review Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter A clever, suspenseful exposé of Sharia law. Feb 6, 2020 Full Review Rhys Handley Vague Visages Yalda shows itself to be a deft treatise on how the contradictions of our modern world complicate something even as simple as saying sorry. Jun 5, 2023 Full Review Filipe Freitas Always Good Movies It's an unpassionate, conventional and timid work, which I'm not prepared to forgive. Rated: 2/5 Jan 15, 2022 Full Review Joseph Fahim Middle East Eye Bakhshi craftily evokes the claustrophobic TV setting to deliver a biting criticism of class, muddled social justice, and the dehumanising and numbing impact of TV culture. Jul 9, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews
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Massoud Bakhshi

Director

Sadaf Asgari

Maryam

Behnaz Jafari

Mona

Babak Karimi

Ayat

Fereshteh Sadrorafaei

The mother

Forough Ghajabagli

Keshavarz
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Synopsis Maryam, a young woman on death row for her husband's murder, joins a live show on Yalda night to seek forgiveness-only for shocking truths to be revealed.
Director
Massoud Bakhshi
Producer
Jacques Bidou, Marianne Dumoulin, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Screenwriter
Massoud Bakhshi
Production Co
VOO, SRG - SSR, NiKo Film, Région Hauts-de-France, JBA Productions, Compagnie Cinématographique, La, Eurimages, Tita B Productions, nordmedia Fonds GmbH, Amour Fou Luxembourg, BE TV, Breizh Film Fund, Panache Productions, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Pictanovo, Centre National du Cinéma et de L'image Animée, Radio Television Suisse, Schortcut Films, Close Up Films, Région Bretagne, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Cinéforom, Ali Mosaffa Productions, Film Fund Luxembourg, Filmförderungsanstalt
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Persian
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 27, 2021
Runtime
1h 29m
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