CRITICAL ZONE (MANTAGHEYE BOHRANI), 2023
Iran, Germany | DCP, Color, 99’ | Farsi
Director: Ali Ahmadzadeh
Cast: Amir Pousti, Shirin Abedinirad, Alireza Keymanesh
The winner of this year’s Golden Leopard, the film tells the story of along night in the life of Amir (Amir Pousti), a drug dealer. Aided by GPS, Amir delivers solace tohis customers from various walks of life,the troubled souls in Tehran's underground neighborhoods. Featuring real people instead of professional actors, and taking on a surreal feel with its sound and color design, the film is almost entirely set in a single location,and shows us the dark world of Iran that is rarely depicted on screen, at the risk of violating almost all rules of censorship in its home country.
This film can be viewed on November 30, 15.00 & December 2, 15.00.
Istanbul Modern Cinema brings a selection of 10 films from the Locarno Film Festival, one of the oldest film festivals in the world, to Istanbul for the first time.