Iran 2017. Dir: Ida Panahandeh. 100 min. DCP
Selection of BFI London Film Festival
$2 Discount ONLY Online for SENIOR and STUDENT 18+
Ida Panahandeh’s assured follow-up to Nahid, her award-winning first feature (which screened in this series last year), confirms her talents and continues her attention to contemporary women’s concerns. Mahi (Hediyeh Tehrani), a widow living in Mazandaran Province, in northern Iran, is grieving her son’s death when she reencounters Behrouz (Pejman Bazeghi), her first love. Their romance years before had scandalized their families and caused Behrouz to leave town. When they renew the relationship, it meets with renewed disapproval, and has repercussions for Sara (Hoda Zeinolabedin), a young woman planning to emigrate to Canada. The film’s title references the archangel who blows the trumpet on the Day of Resurrection. “Panahandeh’s highly anticipated second feature is a meticulously constructed reflection on lost love, loneliness, and life choices” (London Film Festival). “Israfil further positions Panahandeh as one of the most singular voices in contemporary Iranian drama” (CineIran Festival, Toronto).
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CAST
* Hedieh Tehrani…(Mahi)
* Pejman Bazeghi…(Behrooz)
* Hoda Zeinolabedin…(Sara)
* MERILA ZAREI…(Taji)
* Pouria Rahimi Sam…(Ali)
CREW
Director: Ida Panahandeh
Screenplay: Arsalan Amiri & Ida Panahandeh
Director of Photography: Morteza Gheidi
Editing: Hayedeh Safiyari
Music: Majid Pousti
Sound Designer: Hossein Abolsedgh
Sound Recordist: Jahangir Mirshekari & Mehdi Ebrahimzadeh
Set Designer: Keyvan Moghadam
Costume Designer: Sara Samiey
Make-Up: Soudabeh Khosravi
Still Photographer: Omid Salehi
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