''Lantouri'' ( fa, لانتوری) is a 2016 Iranian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
written, directed and produced by
Reza Dormishian. It was shown in the Panorama section at the
66th Berlin International Film Festival and in the Discoveries section of the 32nd
Warsaw Film Festival
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.
The film covers the story of throwing acid to the face of a young active journalist by a young man "Pasha" who is a leader of a gang of thieves and blackmailers. A gang that all of its members have been affected by injustice experiences in society.
Plot
Pasha, the leader of the gang of ''Lantouri'', falls in love with Maryam, a social activist and journalist who has started a campaign called "No to Violence" in order to convince the families of the crime victims to forgive the murderers of their love ones. Maryam rejects repeatedly Pasha‘s love and his feeling for her. Pasha loses his mind because of the rejection, splashes acid on Maryam‘s face and she loses her sight because of what Pasha did to her. Now, Maryam who previously convincing others to forgive criminals asks for justice and revenge, and requests “eye for eye” punishment.
Cast
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Navid Mohammadzadeh
Navid Mohammadzadeh ( fa, نوید محمدزاده, born April 6, 1986) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, four Hafez Awards, three Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and four Iran's Film Critics a ...
as Pasha
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Maryam Palizban as Maryam
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Baran Kosari
Baran Kosari ( fa, باران کوثری; ; born 16 September 1985) is an Iranian actress.
Biography
She graduated from ''Soureh academy''. ''The Best Papa of the World'' (1991) is her first acting experience. She had appearances in some of her ...
as Baran
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Mehdi Koushki
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Bahram Afshari
Bahrām ( fa, بهرام) is a male given name. Other variants Behram, Bahran, Vahran, and Vahram ( uz, Баҳром, Bahrom and Tajik: Баҳром, Bahrom)
The older form is Vahrām ( pal, 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭, in la, Varrames), also spell ...
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Behrang Alavi as Saeed (Maryam's friend)
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Reza Behboudi
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Behnaz Jafari
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Fatemeh Naghavi
Fatemeh Naghavi ( fa, فاطمه نقوی; born 6 December 1954) is an Iranian actress.
Career
She is known for her film '' The Circle'' (2000) in the western world.(15 June 2001'Circle' is compelling film about oppression of women ''The Daily ...
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Parivash Nazarieh
* Nader Falah
* Hojjat Hassanpour Sargaroui as Alireza
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Ardeshir Rostami
* Hossein Pakdel
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Setareh Pesyani
Setareh Pesyani ( fa, ستاره پسیانی; born September 8, 1985) is an Iranian actress. She has won an Honorary Diploma at the 39th Fajr Film Festival and an Urban International Film Festival Award for her performance in the war drama ''Yad ...
* Hadi Ahmadi
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Amir Salehian as Daryos
Awards and nominations
* 17th
Hafez Awards
Hafez Awards is an annual awards ceremony which is held honoring cinematic achievements in Iranian cinema. The awards, first presented in 1997, are presented by Picture World Magazine (Aka. Donyaye Tassvir in Persian) which makes it to be known a ...
Celebration,
Abbas Kiarostami Memorial Medal Award, 2016
* 17th Buenos Aires
International Human Rights Film Festival
The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) is one of the most important international events dedicated to cinema and human rights, located in the heart of Geneva, "international capital of human rights". The inspiration and ...
, Best Picture Film Award, 2017
* 34th
Fajr International Film Festival
Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بینالمللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...
, nominated for Crystal Simorq Award for Best
Make-up artist, for Abdollah Eskandari and Mehrdad Mirkiani, 2016
* 34th Fajr International Film Festival, nominated for Crystal Simorq Award for Best Edith, for
Hayedeh Safiyari
Hayedeh Safiyari ( fa, هایده صفییاری; born 27 June 1959) is an Iranian film editor and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
She graduated in Art Cinema from a reputed University in Iran and decided to pursu ...
, 2016
* 34th Fajr International Film Festival, Crystal Simorq Award for Best Sound, for
Mohammad Reza Delpak, Saeed Bojnoordi, Hossein Mahdavi, 2016
*32nd
Warsaw International Film Festival
Warsaw Film Festival ( pl, Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, abbreviated as WFF) is an annual film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. The festival ha ...
, Competition 1-2, 2016
*31st
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
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, Special Screenings, Argentina, 2016
References
External links
Official Trailer''Lantouri''on Facebook
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2016 films
2016 drama films
Iranian drama films
2010s Persian-language films