Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness
- Original title
- Yalda, la nuit du pardon
- Year
- 2019
- Running time
- 89 min.
- Country
- Iran
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Sadaf Asgari
- Zakieh Behbahani
- Arman Darvish
- Forough Ghajabagli
- Fereshteh Hosseini
- Behnaz Jaffari
- Babak Karimi
- Fereshteh Sadr Orafai
- Ramona Shah
- Faghiheh Soltani
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Iran-France-Germany-Switzerland-Luxembourg;
- Genre
- Drama
- Synopsis
- Maryam is a 22 years-old woman who has been sentenced to death for murdering her husband, Nasser, 65 years-old. Iranian law allows for the victim’s family to forgive her and spare her life, so Maryam’s fate will be decided by Nasser’s daughter, Mona, on the country’s most popular televised reality show. In front of millions of viewers during Yalda, the winter solstice celebration, Maryam and Mona discover that forgiveness can be difficult as they relive the past.
- Awards
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2020: Sundance Film Festival: World Cinema Jury Prize (Dramatic)
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