Beautiful City

Farhadi, Asghar, (film director.). Kheradmand, Ahoo, (actor.). Ansari, Babak, (actor.). Gharibian, Faramarz, (actor.). Alidoosti, Taraneh, (actor.). Film Movement (Firm), (Distributor). Kanopy (Firm), (Distributor).

Summary: The sophomore feature of Asghar Farhadi. After spending two years in juvenile detention for killing his girlfriend as a teenager, the troubled, young Akbar is transferred to an adult facility shortly after turning 18. No longer a minor, his death sentence will soon be legally carried out. Meanwhile outside, Ala — Akbar’s friend and newly paroled petty thief — along with Akbar's sister Firoozeh (played by Taraneh Alidoosti, in the first of her three collaborations with director Farhadi) set out to convince the victim's bereaved father to forgive Akbar, which could potentially reduce his sentence from death to life in prison. Navigating the complexities of Iran's judicial system together, the two form a close bond in their desperate attempts to seek clemency before it is too late. BEAUTIFUL CITY is now presented in a new 2K restoration approved by the director.

Record details

Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (streaming video file) (102 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Publisher: Film Movement, 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Participant or Performer Note:	Ahoo Kheradmand, Babak Ansari, Faramarz Gharibian, Taraneh Alidoosti
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally produced by Film Movement in 2004.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.