''The Night Guardian'' (

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: نگهبان شب, romanized: ''Negahban-e Shab'') is a 2022 Iranian

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has b ...

film directed and produced by

Reza Mirkarimi Reza Mirkarimi ( fa, رضا میرکریمی; born 27 January 1967) is an Iran, Iranian screenwriter and film director. He was also Secretary of the International Film Festival of the Fajr Film Festival. Career He graduated from Fine Arts Univ ...

and written by Mirkarimi and Mohammad Davoudi. The film screened for the first time at the

40th Fajr Film Festival The 40th Fajr Film Festival ( Persian: چهلمین دوره جشنواره فیلم فجر‎) held from 1 to 11 February 2022 in Tehran, Iran. The nominees for the 40th Fajr Film Festival were announced on February 10, 2022, at a press conferen ...

and received 9 nominations, where Reza Mirkarimi won the award for

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and Aliakbar Osanloo received a Honorary Diploma for his acting.

Premise

the film is about a naive young village boy named Rasool (Touraj Alvand) whose quiet and carefree life is challenged by trusting Behnam (Mohsen Kiaee), who is the engineer of a construction project.

Cast

* Touraj Alvand as Rasool * Laleh Marzban as Nasibeh * Aliakbar Osanloo * Safoora Khoshtinat * Mohsen Kiaee as Behnam *

Vishka Asayesh Vishka Asayesh ( fa, ویشکا آسایش; born November 7, 1972) is an Iranian actress, set designer, and art director. She obtained a degree in set design from the UK. She is also a sculptor and has exhibited her art works at Etemad Gallery ...

Kiumars Pourahmad Kiumars Pourahmad ( fa, کیومرث پوراحمد, born 16 December 1949 in Najaf Abad, Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer. Career Pourahmad started his career as a film critic and ass ...

* Fahimeh Hormozi * Zahra Eslami * Parham Gholamlou * Mohammad Sadegh Malek * Ali Ghabeshi * Mehrad Akbarabadi * Iman Salgi * Navid Bani

Reception

Accolades

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Night Guardian, The 2022 films 2022 drama films Iranian drama films 2020s Persian-language films Films directed by Reza Mirkarimi