Iran’s ‘The Badger’ to vie at Italian Salento fest

Iranian movie ‘The Badger’ has been selected to compete at the 18th edition of the Salento International Film Festival in Italy.

Directed by Kazem Mollaee, the feature film is about a woman named Soudeh who lives with her son in an old apartment.

Soudeh’s 11-year-old son, Matiar, gets kidnapped as she is about to start a second marriage.

After considerable search and effort, Soudeh decides to ask for the ransom money from her ex-husband, Peyman. How much will this incident challenge her certainties?

Hassan Majouni, Behnoush Bakhtiyari, Reza Behboudi, Vishka Asayesh, Mehraveh Sharifinia, and Gohar Kheirandish are on the cast list of ‘The Badger’.

The 93-minute feature has gone on screen at some global events, including the Jaipur International Film Festival in India, the Sofia MENAR Film Festival in Bulgaria, and the Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh.

The Salento International Film Festival aims to promote films from around the world in order to be a link between cultures.

The upcoming edition of the festival will be held on September 7-12, 2021.

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