Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness - © Somaye Jafari/JBA Production

Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness

A Feature film by Massoud Bakhshi

Produced by JBA Production

Production year : 2019

Synopsis

In Iran today: Maryam (22) accidentally kills her husband Nasser (65) and is sentenced to death. The only person who can save her is Mona, Nasser's daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a popular live TV show and forgive Maryam. But forgiveness proves difficult when they are forced to relive the past.

Actors (7)

Sadaf Asgari

Behnaz Jafari

Babak Karimi

Fereshteh Sadre Orafaei

Fereshteh Sadre Orafaei

Forough Ghojbagli

Forough Ghojbagli

Arman Darvish

Fereshteh Hosseini

Fereshteh Hosseini

Production and distribution (5)

Executive Producer :

Foreign production companies :

NiKo Film, Close Up Films, Amour Fou Luxembourg, Ali Mosaffa Productions, Schortcut Films

French distribution :

Pyramide Distribution

Co-production :

Tita B Productions

Film exports/foreign sales :

Pyramide International

Photos (5)

Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness - © Somaye Jafari/JBA Production

Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness - © Somaye Jafari/JBA Production

Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness - © Somaye Jafari/JBA Production

Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness - © Somaye Jafari/JBA Production

Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness - © Somaye Jafari/JBA Production

Full credits (9)

Executive Producers :

Marianne Dumoulin, Jacques Bidou

Foreign producers :

Nicole Gerhards, Joëlle Bertossa, Flavia Zanon, Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Georges Schoucair, Ali Mosaffa

Director of Photography :

Julian Atanassov

Editor :

Artistic directors :

Mahmoud Bakhshi, Leila Naghdi Pari

Screenwriter :

Massoud Bakhshi

Co-producer :

Sound recordists :

Dana Farzanehpour, Denis Séchaud

Costume designer :

Technical details

Feature film

Genres :

Fiction

Production language :

Farsi

Coproducer countries :

France (42.0%), Germany (34.0%), Luxembourg (13.0%), Switzerland (11.0%)

Original French-language productions :

Yes

Nationality :

Majority French (France, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland)

Production year :

2019

French release :

Runtime :

1 h 39 min

Current status :

Post Production

Approval :

Yes

Color type :

Color

Aspect ratio :

1.85

Audio format :

5.1

Director

Massoud Bakhshi

Massoud Bakhshi

Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness (2019), A Respectable Family (2012)

Website

http://jbaproduction.com/yalda-la-nuit-du-pardon/