Contemporary Iranian Cinema
- Nahid
- Iran2015
- Ida Panahandeh
- 105 DCP
- NR
- Contemporary Iranian Cinema
Screening Dates
- December 10, 2017 7:00
- December 14, 2017 7:00
“Strong performances ground this socially poignant drama … Nahid is a compelling companion piece to A Separation.”
Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
Iran’s unusual concept of “temporary marriage” is the backdrop to emerging writer-director Ida Panahandeh’s emotionally rich drama, awarded the Avenir (“future”) prize in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes in 2015. Sareh Bayat (caretaker Razieh in Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning A Separation) plays eponymous Nahid, a debt-ridden divorcee and single mom struggling in a coastal town in northern Iran. A romance with Masoud (Pejman Bazeghi), a decent, well-off widower, offers Nahid the prospect of stability and happiness. But remarriage will violate the terms of her child custody settlement with Ahmad (Navid Mohammadzadeh), her deadbeat ex-husband. Panahandeh’s precise, unhurried film is well-served by Morteza Gheidi’s moody, painterly cinematography.