Iranian filmfest Zurich to screen ‘Without Everything’

Iranian movie ‘Without Everything’ is scheduled to vie at the Iranian Film Festival of Zurich (IFFZ) in Switzerland.

Directed by Mohsen Qaraee, the film will be screened at the feature films section of the 2022 edition of the event.

The scenario of the film is an adaptation of the German comedy ‘The Visit’ (Der Besuch der alten Dame) by famous Swiss playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

The movie is about a rich woman who arrives in her home village, which she has not visited for 20 years. Many locals have already moved to the city, and the rest are in poverty.

The residents hope the newcomer to revive the village and bring back the smiles on their faces. But there is one condition that may become a real challenge for the locals.

Parviz Parastouee, Hedieh Tehrani, Baran Kosari, Hadi Hejazifar, Pedram Sharifi, Zahir Yari, Laleh Marzban, Babak Karimi, Mahtab Nasirpour, and Farid Sajjadi-Hosseini are on the cast list of the flick.

‘Without Everything’ was nominated in 14 categories at the 39th Fajr Film Festival in Iran, where it won five awards.

The Iranian Film Festival of Zurich is “a platform for presenting the Iranian culture and tradition and for building a bridge between different cultures by the means of the universal language of art – and especially the 7th art, cinema”, the event’s website reads.

The 8th edition of the IFFZ will kick off on May 26 and run until June 01.

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