The Beautiful City
Directed byAsghar Farhadi
Written byAsghar Farhadi
Produced byIraj Taghipoor
StarringTaraneh Alidoosti
Faramarz Gharibian
Babak Ansari
Hossein Farzi-Zadeh
Ahu Kheradmand
CinematographyAli Loghmani
Edited byShahrzad Pouya
Music byHamidreza Sadri
Release date
  • February 1, 2004 (2004-02-01) (FIFF)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

The Beautiful City (Persian: شهر زیبا /Shahr-e Ziba/) is a 2004 Iranian drama film directed by Asghar Farhadi.

Plot

Akbar celebrates his 18th birthday in the detention centre. He has been held in a rehabilitation centre 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

Awards and nominations

YearGroupAwardRecipients and nomineesResult
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

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