The Fateful Day (1995 film)

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]

The Fateful Day
Directed byShahram Assadi
Written byBahram Beyzai
Based onThe Fateful Day by
Bahram Beyzaei
Produced byMorteza Shayesteh
Starring
CinematographyMaziar Partow
Asghar Rafi'i Jam
Edited byMehdi Rajaeian
Music byMajid Entezami
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

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

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The 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

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Production

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Awards

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The film won numerous awards at the thirteenth Fajr Film Festival:[3]

  1. Best Makeup
  2. Best Set Design
  3. Best Musical Score
  4. Best Direction of a Second Feature Film

See also

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Citations

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  1. ^ Winston Dixon 1998, p.37
  2. ^ Winston Dixon 1998, p.38
  3. ^ Winston Dixon 1998, p.37

References

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  • 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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