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Festivals and Awards:
Venice Film Festival 2022 - Orizzonti Award for Best Actor, Orizzonti Award for Best Film
Crew:
Screenplay: Houman Seyyedi, Arian Vazirdaftari, Azad Jafarian
Producer: Houman Seyyedi
Cinematography: Payman Shadmanfar
Editor: Houman Seyyedi
Producer: Houman Seyyedi
Cinematography: Payman Shadmanfar
Editor: Houman Seyyedi
Shakib (Mohsen Tanabandeh) is a homeless day labourer who lost his wife and his son in an earthquake years ago. Over the last couple of years, he has been in a relationship with Ladan (Mahsa Hejazi), a deaf and mute prostitute. The construction site on which he works turns out to be the set of a film about the atrocities committed by Hitler during WWII. Against all odds, he is given a house and an opportunity of a lifetime. When Ladan learns about his movie role and the house, she comes to his workplace asking for help and a place. Shakib’s plan to hide her fails and threatens to destroy his chance to be somebody.
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Cast:
Mohsen Tanabandeh, Mahsa Hejazi, Neda Jebraeili, Navid Nosrati -
Original Title:
Jang-E Jahani Sevom -
Country:
Iran -
Year:
2022 - 107’ FA, Subtitles: EN, PT
Festivals and Awards:
Venice Film Festival 2022 - Orizzonti Award for Best Actor, Orizzonti Award for Best Film
Crew:
Screenplay: Houman Seyyedi, Arian Vazirdaftari, Azad Jafarian
Producer: Houman Seyyedi
Cinematography: Payman Shadmanfar
Editor: Houman Seyyedi
Producer: Houman Seyyedi
Cinematography: Payman Shadmanfar
Editor: Houman Seyyedi
Director
Houman Seyedi

Houman Seyedi began his career as an actor with Yek Teke Nan (2005), by Kamal Tabrizi, and after that with Fireworks Wednesday (2006), by Asghar Farhadi. Born in 1980 in Rasht, Iran, he directed his first feature film, Africa, in 2010. He has won awards such as the Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor, with the movie I am Diego Maradona, by Bahram Tavakoli; and the Crystal Simorgh for Best Script with Sheeple (2018). His most notable acting roles include movies such as Special Line (2014), or the TV Show, which he also directed, The Frog (2020-2021).