‘Metamorphosis . . .’ to vie at Aravali

Iranian feature ‘Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse’ has been scheduled to participate in the Aravali International Film Festival in India.

Directed by Javad Daraee, the film is among the officially selected films to compete at the 3rd edition of the Indian event.

‘Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse’ is about Shadi. When her parents were accused of murdering a girl and thus killed by the villagers, Shadi was only a little girl.

She was, then, adopted by her uncle and grew up. Shadi must now face the problems that the village residents have caused.

The cast list includes Fariba Talebi, Saeed Ahmadi, Fariba Torkashvand, Farahnaz Manafi-Zaher, Foujan Ahmadi, Mahshid Khosravi, Iman Sarraf, Arezou Balali-Dehkordi, Sarina Yousefi, Mohammad Eqlimi, Amir-Abbas Ghazaee, and Avin Kouhzadeh.

‘Metamorphosis in the Slaughterhouse’ has already been screened at a number of global events, including the International film festival Cyprus, the Efebo d’oro International Cinema and Narrative Award in Italy, and the Cine No Visto Film Festival in Spain, where it won the best feature film and best screenplay awards.

The Aravali International Film Festival aims to manifest all the beauties of the cultural diversity of Aravali mountain range in India which starts near Delhi and ends in Gujarat along with international cinema.

This year’s edition of the fest is slated for April 16-17.

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