The Night Guardian
| The Night Guardian | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Reza Mirkarimi |
| Written by | Reza Mirkarimi Mohammad Davoudi |
| Produced by | Reza Mirkarimi |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Morteza Hedayati |
| Edited by | Reza Mirkarimi |
| Distributed by | Banoo Film |
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| Country | Iran |
| Language | Persian |
The Night Guardian (Persian: نگهبان شب, romanized: Negahban-e Shab) is a 2022 Iranian drama film directed and produced by Reza Mirkarimi and written by Mirkarimi and Mohammad Davoudi.[1] The film screened for the first time at the 40th Fajr Film Festival and received 9 nominations, where Mirkarimi won the award for Best Director and Aliakbar Osanloo received a Honorary Diploma for his acting.[2][3] It was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.[4]
Premise
[edit]The film is about a naive young village boy named Rasool (Touraj Alvand) whose quiet and carefree life is challenged by the trusting Behnam (Mohsen Kiaee), who is the engineer of a construction project.
Cast
[edit]- Touraj Alvand as Rasool
- Laleh Marzban as Nasibeh
- Aliakbar Osanloo
- Safoura Khoshtinat
- Mohsen Kiaee as Behnam
- Vishka Asayesh
- Kiumars Pourahmad
- Fahimeh Hormozi
- Zahra Eslami
- Parham Gholamlou
- Mohammad Sadegh Malek
- Ali Ghabeshi
- Mehrad Akbarabadi
- Iman Salgi
- Navid Bani[5]
Reception
[edit]Accolades
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Fajr Film Festival | Best Film | Reza Mirkarimi | Nominated | [6][7] |
| Best Director | Reza Mirkarimi | Won | |||
| Best Screenplay | Reza Mirkarimi and Mohammad Davoudi | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor | Touraj Alvand | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress | Laleh Marzban | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Aliakbar Osanloo | Honorary Diploma | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Safoora Khoshtinat | Nominated | |||
| Best Sound Effects | Amirhossein Ghasemi | Nominated | |||
| Best Costume Design | Zahra Samadi | Nominated |
See also
[edit]- List of submissions to the 96th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
- List of Iranian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
[edit]- ^ "رونمایی از جدیدترین تصاویر "نگهبان شب" رضا میرکریمی". ایسنا (in Persian). 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ "از "خائن‌کشی" کیمیایی تا "مرد بازنده" مهدویان". خبرآنلاین (in Persian). 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ "اخبار ایران و جهان | خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim". www.tasnimnews.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ "International Oscar Race: Iran Selects Reza Mirkarimi's 'The Night Guardian'". Variety.
- ^ "تازه‌ترین تصاویر نگهبان شب | ۱۳ هزار نفر می‌خواستند در فیلم میرکریمی بازی کنند". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ "نامزدهای سودای سیمرغ چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر معرفی شدند". جشنواره فیلم فجر (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ "برگزیدگان چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر معرفی شدند". جشنواره فیلم فجر (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2022-03-30.