Movie Night
Shahre Ziba
Posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2009
When: Sunday, July 19th 2009, 5pm
Where: Room 2-105
Movie: Shahr-e-Ziba (The Beautiful City)
Director: Asghar Farhadi (2004)
Genre: Drama
Language: In Farsi with English Subtitles.
Runtime: 101 min
Awards: 5 wins including 2004 Crystal Simorgh
Description:
Akbar has just turned eighteen. 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.
