Grassland (film)
| Grassland | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Kazem Daneshi |
| Written by | Kazem Daneshi |
| Produced by | Bahram Radan |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Hadi Behrouz |
| Edited by | Hamid Najafi Rad |
| Music by | Behzad Abdi |
Production company | Radrou Creative House |
| Distributed by | Khaneh Film |
Release dates |
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| Country | Iran |
| Language | Persian |
| Box office | 17 billion toman (as of August 17, 2022) |
Grassland (Persian: علفزار, romanized: Alafzār) is a 2022 Iranian drama film directed and written by Kazem Daneshi and produced by Bahram Radan.[1][2] The film screened for the first time at the 40th Fajr Film Festival and received 8 nominations, 4 awards and an honorary diploma.[3][4]
Premise[edit]
Sara (Sara Bahrami), the bride of the mayor's family, spends one night with her husband, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law in an unusual garden. The noise of their party catches the attention of the thugs in the area. Thugs attack their ceremonies in the most brutal way possible. The women are sexually assaulted and Sara's husband is stabbed to death. The case investigator (Pejman Jamshidi), who is a committed and responsible man, is pressured by the mayor to close the case quietly. But with Sara's complaint and the investigator's honesty, the situation is different.
Cast[edit]
- Sara Bahrami as Sara Bababeigi
- Pejman Jamshidi as Amir Hossein Besharat
- Setareh Pesyani as Shabnam Bababeigi
- Tarlan Parvaneh as Elham
- Mehdi Zaminpardaz as Mohsen Fardi
- Sadaf Espahbodi as Fariba Etehadi
- Erfan Naseri as Mehran
- Yasna Mirtahmaseb as Sajad
- Maedeh Tahmasebi as Hamed's Mother
- Roya Javidnia as Mayor's Wife
- Matin Heydarinia as Hamed
- Farokh Nemati as The Mayor
- Mehran Emambakhsh as The Prosecutor
- Hojjat Hassanpour Sargaroui as Amirhossein
- Elahe Azkari
- Setayesh Rajaeinia
- Mohammad Motazedi
- Mohammad Mehdi Ahadi
- Benyamin Norouzi
- Adrina Toushe
- Hossein Valizadeh
- Ali Amir Khalili
- Arshia Tavakoli
- Sepehr Gandomi[5]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Accolades[edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Fajr Film Festival | Best Film | Bahram Radan | Nominated | [6][7] |
| Best Director | Kazem Daneshi | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay | Kazem Daneshi | Won | |||
| Best First Film | Kazem Daneshi | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor | Pejman Jamshidi | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress | Sara Bahrami | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Mehdi Zaminpardaz | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Sadaf Espahbodi | Won | |||
| Best Cinematography | Hadi Behrouz | Nominated | |||
| Best Editor | Hamid Najafi Rad | Won | |||
| Best Original Score | Behzad Abdi | Honorary Diploma | |||
| Best Sound Effects | Alireza Alavian | Won | |||
| Best Makeup | Mona Jafari | Nominated |
References[edit]
- ^ "«علفزار» بهرام رادان مجوز ساخت گرفت". خبرآنلاین (in Persian). 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ "پایان کار پژمان جمشیدی و سارا بهرامی در «علفزار»". خبرگزاری برنا (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ "بهرام رادان «علفزار» را تهیه می‌کند". ایرنا (in Persian). 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ "علف زار و اولین تجربه اکران". سینماتی (in Persian). 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ "فیلمبرداری «علف زار» آغاز شد". ایمنا (in Persian). 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ "نامزدهای سودای سیمرغ چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر معرفی شدند". جشنواره فیلم فجر (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ^ "برگزیدگان چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر معرفی شدند". جشنواره فیلم فجر (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
