Iranian movie ‘A Man without Shadow’ unveils poster

Iranian feature film ‘A Man without Shadow’ has unveiled poster.

A 2018 production, ‘A Man without Shadow’ is written, produced and directed by Alireza Raeesian.

The film, shot in Iran and Spain, premiered at the 37th edition of the Fajr Film Festival in Iran.

The social drama depicts some emotional and matrimonial challenges of the Iranian modern society.

It is about a documentarian, Mahan Koushyar, who gets affected by the stories of his films, mostly related to family violence.

Notable among the cast are Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, Farhad Aslani, Amir Aqaee, Gohar Kheirandish, Nader Fallah, Siamak Atlasi, and Nasim Adabi.

Born in Tehran, Raeesian graduated from IRIB College and received an honorary doctorate from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

He began working as an assistant director of short films. Raeisian, who is considered a cinema expert, has been the head of the Iranian directors’ association, president of the Iranian Academy of Arts, member of the Fajr International Film Festival panel of jury, head of the youth cinema panel of jury and head of the First Hope Festival panel of jury.

He has directed movies ‘The Deserted Station’ (2001) and ‘The Havana Brief’ (2004), directed and produced ‘Reyhaneh’ (1989) and ‘Being 40’ (2009) and produced ‘The Lady of Ordibehesht’ (1997).

Raeesian’s ‘Reyhaneh’ (1989) was nominated for best film award at the Fajr International Film Festival. He received the honorary diploma of best directing for ‘The Journey’ (1994) and was nominated for the best directing and best film at the Fajr International Film Festival for ‘Time for love’ (2014).

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