Hard Shell

31/10/2024 - quanly

Feature Film/ Iran/ 101 min/2023

Director: Majid-Reza Mostafavi

Screenwriter: Mahyar Hamidian, Majid-Reza Mostafavi

Director of Photography: Rouzbeh Raiga

Production: Majid-Reza Mostafavi

Music Composer: Hamed Sabet

Production designer: Hassan Rouhparvari

Cast: Payman Maadi, Mehran Ghafoorian, Hanieh Tavasoli, Fereshteh Hosseini, Massoud Karamati, Mehdi Hossein Nia, Mohammad Shakeri, Shirin Zabetian

Synopsis:

Samir, a teenager, fell in love with Leila who used to be a tightrope walker in the circus but she’s banned from performing due to the authorities’ order. Siamak, Samir’s father, is a foreman of a donkey farm, who finds out the donkeys are missing and then he uncovers terrible secrets of corruption.

Director’s biography:

Majidreza Mostafavi was born in Iran in 1984. He started his film career by editing and making short films. His first feature film, Unripe Pomegranates (2014), was screened in the main competition sections of more than 12 international film festivals including Moscow 2014, Sao Paulo 2014, Fukuoka 2015, Zürich 2015…, and received with critical acclaim by FIPRESCI. Astigmatism (2018) is his second feature film, which was screened in the main competition sections of more than 10 international film festivals and received the award for Best Screenplay (2019) from the Iranian Academy of Cinema. Hard Shell (2024) is his third feature film.