2024 · thriller · drama · mystery
Tatami
Directed by Guy Nattiv1h 44m2024
Iranian female judokas Leila and her coach Maryam, travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the Judo World Championships, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose, or she will be branded a traitor of the state. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: comply with the Iranian regime as her coach Maryam implores her to do, or fight on, for the gold.
Our read: Tatami (2024) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive thriller · drama · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured thriller / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- intense
- twisty
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