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Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness

Yalda, la nuit du pardon

France / Germany / Switzerland / Luxembourg / Iran, Islamic Republic of, January 2020
FILM, Fiction, 89 min.

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directed by
Massoud Bakhshi
Written by
Massoud Bakhshi
Status
In distribution
Drama Politics

In Iran today: 22-year-old Maryam accidentally kills her husband Nasser, 65 years old, 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.

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World Premiere
January 2020
Original Version
Iranian (french/english/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 89 min.
Production
JBA Production, Ali Mosaffa Productions, VOO-BE TV, Niko Film, Close Up Films, AMOUR FOU Luxembourg sàrl, ZDF/ARTE, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, SRG SSR, Schortcut Films, Tita Productions
Producer
Jacques Bidou, Marianne Dumoulin, Nicole Gerhards, Joëlle Bertossa, Flavia Zanon
directed by
Massoud Bakhshi
Written by
Massoud Bakhshi
Editing
Jacques Comets
Location Sound Mix
Dana Farzanehpour
Sound Editing
Benjamin Benoit
Re-Recording Mix
Denis Séchaud

Cast

Sadaf Asgari
Behnaz Jafari
Babak Karimi
Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Pyramide International

Worldwide Distribution

Germany
Little Dream Entertainment GmbH Distribution
Release date: 27.08.2020
Switzerland
Sister Distribution Distribution
Release date: 21.10.2020

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