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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 12/11/2020
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. Go to Full Review Roxana Hadadi RogerEbert.com 03/25/2020
3/4
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. Go to Full Review Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter 02/06/2020
A clever, suspenseful exposé of Sharia law. Go to Full Review Rhys Handley Vague Visages 06/05/2023
Yalda shows itself to be a deft treatise on how the contradictions of our modern world complicate something even as simple as saying sorry. Go to Full Review Filipe Freitas Always Good Movies 01/15/2022
2/5
It's an unpassionate, conventional and timid work, which I'm not prepared to forgive. Go to Full Review Joseph Fahim Middle East Eye 07/09/2021
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. Go to 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