‘A Ballad for the White Cow’ to vie at Edinburgh filmfest

Iranian feature ‘A Ballad for the White Cow’ is scheduled to vie at the Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland.

The film, codirected by Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam, will represent Iran at the 2021 edition of the event which will be held with a 2-month delay due to coronavirus outbreak.

The flick narrates the story a young woman named Mina who lives alone with her deaf child while her husband had been executed for a murder charge a year ago.

Mina tries to get her life together, take good care of her child and make both ends meet. However, her life gets more sorrowful when she finds out that her husband was innocent.

The film features Moghaddam and Sanaeeha as well as Pouriya Rahimi-Sam in the lead roles.

The Edinburgh International Festival is an annual festival of performing arts in Edinburgh, Scotland, which takes more than three weeks in August.

The 2021 edition of the event is slated for August 18-25.

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