The Beautiful City
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| Beautiful City | |
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| Directed by | Asghar Farhadi |
| Written by | Asghar Farhadi |
| Produced by | Iraj Taghipoor |
| Starring | Taraneh Alidoosti Faramarz Gharibian Babak Ansari Hossein Farzi-Zadeh Ahu Kheradmand |
| Cinematography | Ali Loghmani |
| Edited by | Shahrzad Pouya |
| Music by | Hamidreza Sadri |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Iran |
| Language | Persian |
Beautiful City (Persian: شهر زیبا /Shahr-e Ziba/) is a 2004 Iranian drama film directed by Asghar Farhadi.
Title
[edit]The film is named after a neighborhood in western Tehran called Shahr-e ziba in Farsi, which can be translated as “Beautiful City”. Tehran’s Center for Correction and Rehabilitation, the juvenile detention center featured in the film, is located in that district.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]Akbar celebrates his 18th birthday in Tehran’s Center for Correction and Rehabilitation. He has been held in the juvenile detention center for committing murder at the age of sixteen when he was condemned to death. Legally speaking, he had to reach the age of eighteen so that the conviction could be carried out. Now, Akbar is transferred to prison to await the day of his execution. A'la, a friend of Akbar, who himself has undergone imprisonment for burglary, soon after his release tries desperately to gain the consent of Akbar's plaintiff so as to stop the execution.
Cast
[edit]- Taraneh Alidoosti as Firoozeh
- Faramarz Gharibian as Abolqasem Rahmati
- Babak Ansari as A'la
- Hossein Farzi-Zadeh as Akbar
- Ahu Kheradmand as Mr. Abolqasem's Wife
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Group | Award | Recipients and nominees | Result |
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| 2004 | Fajr Film Festival | Crystal Simorgh Award – Best Sound Mixing | Hassan Zahedi | Won |
| 35th International Film Festival of India | Golden Peacock (Best Film) | Asghar Farhadi | Won | |
| Special Jury Award | Faramarz Gharibian | Won | ||
| Warsaw International Film Festival | Grand Prix | Asghar Farhadi | Won | |
| 2005 | Split Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize | Asghar Farhadi | Won |
References
[edit]- ^ “Beautiful City review” by Ken Fox, 2004, TV Guide: https://www.tvguide.com/movies/beautiful-city/review/2000115534/
- ^ The same district and detention center has been featured in other Iranian films. See, for instance, “Iranian director Oskui’s “Calendar” joins Fajr gala,” February 3, 2007, Tehran Times: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/136670/Iranian-director-Oskui-s-Calendar-joins-Fajr-gala
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