FILM TITLE

World War III

18+

26th March 2023 | 11:00 AM
Stein Auditorium

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Image-Description
Country
Iran
Genre

Drama

Language
Persian
Duration
117 mins
Director

Houman Seyyedi

Festival And Awards

Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti section - Best Film & Best Actor ; Tokyo Film Festival - Jury Special Award;  Stockholm Film Festival - FIPRESCI Award; Los Angeles Asian Cinema Festival - Special Jury Award and Best Actor;  Hamburg IFF;  Sao Paulo IFF; Tallinn Black Nights IFF

Synopsis

Shakib is a homeless day laborer who never got over the loss of his wife and son in an earthquake years ago. Over the last couple of years, he has developed a relationship with a deaf and mute woman, Ladan. The construction site on which he works today turns out to be the set of a film about the atrocities committed by Hitler during WWII. Against all odds, he is given a movie role, a house and a chance at being somebody. When Ladan learns about this, she comes to his workplace begging for help. Shakib’s scheme to hide her goes tragically wrong and threatens to ruin his newfound status and what seemed to be the opportunity of a lifetime.

  • Cast

    Mohsen Tanabandeh, Mahsa Hejazi, Neda Jebreili, Navid Nosrati

  • Producer

    Houman Seyyedi

  • Screenplay

    Houman Seyyedi, Arian Vazir Daftari, Azad Jafarian

  • Cinematography

    Payman Shadmanfar

  • Editing

    Houman Seyyedi

  • Sound

    Alireza Alavian & Mehran Malakouti

  • Music

    Bamdad Afshar