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  • 2020
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2020
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 29 m

Summary The lights and cameras are all in position. The moderator takes a last quick look at his notes. The final seconds of the intro ad roll by, and then the show goes live. Tonight’s guest is Maryam, a young woman condemned to death for murdering her husband. With her in the studio is Mona, the daughter of the dead man. Maryam is supposed to ...

Directed By: Massoud Bakhshi

Written By: Massoud Bakhshi

  • 2020
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2020
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 29 m

Yalda, a Night for Forgivness

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary The lights and cameras are all in position. The moderator takes a last quick look at his notes. The final seconds of the intro ad roll by, and then the show goes live. Tonight’s guest is Maryam, a young woman condemned to death for murdering her husband. With her in the studio is Mona, the daughter of the dead man. Maryam is supposed to ...

Directed By: Massoud Bakhshi

Written By: Massoud Bakhshi

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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25% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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25% Mixed
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88
Mar 3, 2021
Yalda: A Night of Forgiveness is a riveting and thoroughly engrossing satire of Iranian culture and the work-arounds built into a theocracy, ways of ignoring calls for reform and the shedding of “tradition.”
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
88
Dec 14, 2020
The result is a twisty-turny plot that sometimes feels like a family drama, sometimes like a legal thriller, with Bahkshi delivering a bombshell, allowing the film’s characters time to react to it, and then dropping another secret that is even more shocking than the first.
By Roxana Hadadi FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 10, 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.
By Carlos Aguilar FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 10, 2020
There is really much to enjoy in this paradoxical but grippingly paced film.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
67
Dec 10, 2020
It leans a bit heavy into big swing emotional moments and has a few shouting matches too many, but Asgari gives an absolutely tremendous performance that hits like a wrecking ball and may make even the most stone-hearted tear up.
By Andrew Bundy FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 10, 2020
Bakhshi’s sure-handed assessment of Iran’s class struggle, a thoughtfully-parsed topic with universal implications, is the film’s most fascinating dimension.
By Tomris Laffly FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 10, 2020
The slick assurance of Bakhshi’s approach makes for an accessible, pacey melodrama but one that can also seem to trivialise the life and death matters at the core of the story.
By Allan Hunter FULL REVIEW

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Production Company JBA Production, NiKo Film, Close Up Films, Amour Fou Luxembourg, Schortcut Films, Tita B Productions, Ali Mosaffa Productions, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), ARTE, Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), SRG - SSR, VOO, BE TV, Panache Productions, Eurimages, La Compagnie Cinématographique, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Luxembourg Film Fund, Pictanovo, Région Hauts-de-France, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Office Fédéral de la Culture, Nordmedia, Région Bretagne, Cinéforom, Loterie Suisse Romande, Breizh Film Fund, Torino Film Lab, Sundance Feature Film Program, Pyramide Productions, Bon Gah, Agence Nationale de Gestion des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles (ANGOA)
Release Date Dec 11, 2020
Duration 1 h 29 m
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Website http://www.closeupfilms.ch/films/yalda/
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Awards

Sofia International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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