{"id":7065,"date":"2021-02-26T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?p=7065"},"modified":"2025-06-11T03:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T03:37:46","slug":"yalda-a-night-for-forgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/yalda-a-night-for-forgiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"YALDA, A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"YALDA,\u00a0 A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS<\/h2>\n

| 2020 – 89′ – Drama –
\nA co-production Iran, France, Germany.
\nWritten and Directed by\u00a0Massoud Bakhshi.
\nStarring\u00a0\u00a0Sadaf Asgari,\u00a0Behnaz Jafari,\u00a0Babak Karimi.
\nWinner Grand Jury Prize Sundance International Film Festival, Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival.
\nIn Farci with English subtitles.
\nA Film Movement release.|<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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 beg for forgiveness, and her life, for the camera. If Mona grants her forgiveness, Maryam will live, and the show’s sponsors will pay Mona a reward. If she denies it, Maryam will die. Millions of television viewers are tuning in on the night of Yalda, the Persian celebration of the winter solstice, to see Maryam’s fate unfold. Alluding to a real, popular Iranian TV show, the television studio serves as a stage for a startling chamber play between these two women, and the social pressures behind their circumstances.<\/em><\/p>\n

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