Let’s watch iFilm’s trailer for ‘Sara’

Let’s watch a trailer of iFilm English TV’s weekend movie ‘Sara’.

The movie, produced and directed by Dariush Mehrjouee, reviews the story of a woman who lies to her husband to save his life.

The cast list of the movie includes Niki Karimi, Amin Tarokh, Khosro Shakibaee, and Yassamin Malek-Nasr.

‘Sara’ has been honored at several national and international film festivals, bringing a number of awards, including Audience Award at the Nantes Three Continents Festival, the Best Actress Golden Seashell award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, and Best Supporting Actress awards at the 11th Fajr Film Festival.

Freely adapted and set in modern Iran, Henrik Ibsen's 19th-century classic play ‘A Doll's House’ allowed veteran Iranian writer-director Mehrjouee to fashion a woman’s struggle with the kind of deadpan nonchalant world that has torn her innocent sentiments apart. 

With keen insight and searing intensity, the writer-director takes us on another trip through his richly developed psychodrama ‘Sara’ (1992), once again demonstrating his ability to localize a compelling play-to-film adaptation while crossing boundaries and finding its target audience. 

This subtle, powerfully articulated and thought-provoking drama from Iran tells the story of Sara - the perfect young housewife. When her husband Hessam is in need of costly medical treatment abroad, it is Sara who works for the funds. To repay her debt, she embroiders wedding gowns. She works secretly to pay the loan and save Hessam - until the truth is revealed and with it, the reality of her marriage.   

By any sense of justice, perhaps ‘Sara’ is one of the successful examples and a masterly piece of construction among the literary adaptations made in Iranian cinema to date. By bringing ‘A Doll's House’ into screen, Mehrjouee proved that cinema is not played out on stage, but ostensibly in the real world.

Don’t miss ‘Sara’ tonight at 22:00 GMT.

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