Yalda
Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness- Director
- Massoud Bakhshi
- Country
- Iran, Islamic Republic of, France, Germany, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Lebanon
- Year
- 2019
- Genre
- Fiction
- Scriptwriters
- Massoud Bakhshi
- Cast
- Sadaf Asgari, Zakieh Behbahani, Arman Darvish, Forough Ghajabagli, Fereshteh Hosseini, Behnaz Jafari, Babak Karimi, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Ramona Shah, Faghiheh Soltani
- Production
- JBA Production, NiKo Film, Close Up Films, Amour Fou Luxembourg, Tita Productions - Tita B Productions, Ali Mosaffa Productions (IR), Schortcut Films (LB)
Storyline
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, Nasser's daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a popular live TV show and forgive Maryam. But forgiveness proves difficult when they are forced to relive the past.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
Berlin International Film Festival 2020
Generation 14plus
Sundance Film Festival 2020
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Bcn Film Fest 2021
Official Section
Best Screenplay Award
Call for proposals International Coproduction Funds
Media support 50.000,00 €
TFL (Torino Film Lab), Timing: 2015-2017
