The Fateful Day (Persian: روز واقعه) is a 1995 Iranian Islamic film based on a script of the same name by Bahram Beyzai. The film is directed by Shahram Assadi. Its cast includes many Iranian cinema stars. Wheeler W. Dixon describes it as "an enormous hit in its home country."[1]
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Directed by | Shahram Assadi |
Written by | Bahram Beyzai |
Based on | The Fateful Day byBahram Beyzaei |
Produced by | Morteza Shayesteh |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Maziar PartowAsghar Rafi'i Jam |
Edited by | Mehdi Rajaeian |
Music by | Majid Entezami |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Iran |
Language | Persian |
Beyzai's screenplay was already published as a well-known book ten years prior to when the film was made.[2] The script was offered to Shahram Asadi in order to be made into a movie.
Plot
editThe story is of a Christian youth who converts to Islam for the love of a Muslim girl at the time of Husayn ibn Ali. At the wedding, he hears voices calling for help. He leaves the ceremony and takes a journey to Karbala. But he arrives after the Battle of Karbala.
Cast
editProduction
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Awards
editThe film won numerous awards at the thirteenth Fajr Film Festival:[3]
- Best Makeup
- Best Set Design
- Best Musical Score
- Best Direction of a Second Feature Film
See also
editCitations
editReferences
edit- Winston Dixon, Wheeler (1998). The Transparency of Spectacle: Meditations on the Moving Image. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0791437827.
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