2019 · drama · thriller · social
Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness
Directed by Massoud Bakhshi1h 29m2019
Maryam accidentally killed her husband Nasser and is sentenced to death. The only person who can save her is Mona, Nasser's daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a TV show and forgive Maryam. But forgiveness proves difficult when they are forced to relive the past.
Our read: Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness (2019) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · thriller · social entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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