KVIFF at Your Cinema 2020 / Yalda, la nuit du pardon / France, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Lebanon, Iran 2019
A reality show as a genuine life-changer. Young Maryam is sentenced to death for murdering her husband. Her last hope for salvation is the chance of a pardon granted on live TV. Could it happen after the commercial break? Winner of Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic category, Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness was based on real events.
89 min / Color, DCP
Director Massoud Bakhshi
/ Screenplay Massoud Bakhshi
/ Dir. of Photography Julian Atanassov
/ Editor Jacques Comets
/ Art Director Kambiz Safari
/ Producer Jacques Bidou, Marianne Dumoulin
/ Production JBA Production, Niko Film, Close Up Films, Amour Fou Luxembourg, Schortcut Films, Tita B Productions, Ali Mosaffa Productions
/ Coproduction ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel in collaboration with ARTE, RTS, SRG SSR, VOO BE TV / Panache Productions and La Compagnie Cinematographique
/ Cast Sadaf Asgari, Behnaz Jafari, Babak Karim, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee, Forough Ghajebeglou, Arman Darvish, Fereshteh Hosseini
/ Sales Pyramide International
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