A wedding ruined, a murder, and a forgiveness that demands everything.
Asma's previous suitor Yaser ruins her wedding Ceremony. Her brother Jamal accidentally kills Yaser's brother. Yaser's odd suggestion in order to forgive Jamal, endangers Asma's Marriage.
Acting
Motamed-Arya's magnificently restrained suffering.
Direction
Claustrophobic framing that traps you with Asma.
Writing
Dialogue so polite it cuts like a blade.
Director
Hosein Amiri Doumari
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film explores 'badal' (reconciliation through marriage), a real practice in some Middle Eastern communities where feuds are settled by giving women as brides.
Director Doumari shot in his hometown of Zahedan, using non-professional locals to heighten the documentary-like oppression of Asma's reality.
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