Breath (Persian: نفس; Nafas) is a 2016 Iranian fantasy drama film directed by Narges Abyar. It was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[1]

Breath
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Directed byNarges Abyar
Screenplay byNarges Abyar
Produced byMohammad Hosein Gashemi
Abouzar Pourmohammadi
StarringMehran Ahmadi
Pantea Panahiha
Gelareh Abbasi
Shabnam Moghaddami
Jamshid Hashempour
Sareh Nour Mousavi [fa]
Narrated bySareh Nour Mousavi
CinematographySaed Nikzat [fa]
Edited bySajjad Pahlevanzadeh
Music byMassoud Sakhavatdoost
Release date
  • February 1, 2016 (2016-02-01) (FIFF)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

Plot

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Little Bahar lives a life spun from folklore and stories, always with her head in a book. But growing up in Yazd in the 1970s and ’80s, she's at the centre of a country in turmoil: the Shah is overthrown, Ayatollah Khomeini rises to power, and the first shots are fired in a bitter and protracted war with Iraq. Over the span of several years, Bahar finds daydreaming in her own fantasy world is the only way she can make sense of the pain and suffering warring humans inflict on one another.[2]

Awards and nominations

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Music by Massoud Sakhavatdoost

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Iran Selects 'Breath' as Official Submission to Academy Awards". IFP News. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Asia Pacific Screen Awards » Nafas". www.asiapacificscreenacademy.com. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. ^ "'A Quiet Heart' Wins Grand Prix at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  4. ^ ابنا, اختصاصی (11 February 2016). "گزارش کامل مراسم اختتامیه سی و چهارمین جشنواره فیلم فجر + عکس و سخنان برندگان سیمرغ". Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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