Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness
Yalda, la nuit du pardon
France / Germany / Switzerland / Luxembourg / Iran, January 2020
FILM,
Fiction,
89 min.
- directed by
- Massoud Bakhshi
- Written by
- Massoud Bakhshi
- Status
- In distribution
Iran, de nos jours. Maryam, 22 ans, tue accidentellement son mari Nasser, 65 ans. Elle est condamnée à mort. La seule personne qui puisse la sauver est Mona, la fille de Nasser. Il suffirait que Mona accepte d’apparaitre dans une émission de téléréalité et de pardonner Maryam devant des millions de spectateurs. Mais le pardon est difficile quand le passé refait surface.
credits
- 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
Awards
(a selection)
- Park City, Sundance Film Festival, World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic 2020 (Winner)
- Paris, L'Académie des Lumières, Coproduction Internationale 2021 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Solothurn, 56. Solothurner Filmtage
20.01.2021 - 27.01.2021 -
Tallinn, 24th PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival (hybridCorona – online and onsite edition)
13.11.2020 - 29.11.2020 -
Cork, 65th Cork Film Festival (cancelledCorona - digital alternative)
08.11.2020 - 15.11.2020 -
Warsaw, 36th Warsaw International Film Festival (hybridCorona - onsite and online edition)
09.10.2020 - 18.10.2020 -
Vancouver, 39th Vancouver International Film Festival (cancvelledCorona - digital alternative)
24.09.2020 - 07.10.2020 -
Karlovy Vary, 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (cancelledCororna - digital alternative)
03.07.2020 - 11.07.2020 -
Berlin, 70. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
20.02.2020 - 01.03.2020 -
Park City, 36th Sundance Film Festival
23.01.2020 - 02.02.2020