Terrestrial Verses
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| Persian | آیه های زمینی |
| Directed by | Ali Asgari Alireza Khatami |
| Written by | Ali Asgari Alireza Khatami |
| Produced by | Ali Asgari Milad Khosravi |
| Starring | Sadaf Asgari Bahram Ark Ardeshir Kazemi Gohar Kheirandish Farzin Mohades Faezeh Rad Majid Salehi Hossein Soleimani |
| Cinematography | Adib Sobhani |
| Edited by | Ehsan Vaseghi |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | Iran |
| Language | Persian |
Terrestrial Verses (Persian: آیه های زمینی) is a 2023 Iranian film written and directed by Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami.[1][2]
It had its world premiere at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, on 23 May 2023. The film also had theatrical release in France, where it achieved approximately 100,000 admissions.[3]
Synopsis
[edit | edit source]The film contains nine vignettes in which ordinary Iranian citizens struggle against the power of religiously-guided authoritarianism in everyday situations.[4]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Sadaf Asgari as Sadaf
- Bahram Ark as Bahram
- Ardeshir Kazemi as 100-year-old man
- Gohar Kheirandish as Mehri
- Farzin Mohades as Ali
- Faezeh Rad as Faezeh
- Majid Salehi as Siamak
- Hossein Soleimani as Farbod Akhtari
- Sarvin Zabetian as Aram
- Arghavan Shabani as Selena
Production
[edit | edit source]Asgari and Khatami worked on the script together, but had difficulty finding a producer and ultimately produced the film at their own expense with financial support from friends. The film was then shot within seven days.[5]
Release
[edit | edit source]The film premiered on May 23, 2023, in Cannes, after which it was shown on October 4, 2023, at the BFI Film Festival in London, on October 19, 2023, in the USA during the Chicago International Film Festival and at other international film festivals. The cinema release in Germany was April 11, 2024.[6]
Awards
[edit | edit source]The film won both the Grand Prix and the FIPRESCI Award at 2024 Luxembourg City Film Festival.[7]
References
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- ^ Alireza Khatami und Ali Asgari, Irdische Verse Kunst und Film, retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ Irdische Verse Archived 2024-04-22 at the Wayback Machine berlin.de, retrieved 22 April 2024.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Terrestrial Verses at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Variety Review
- The Hollywood Reporter Review