36th FFF contender ‘The Lost Strait’ releases trailer

The 36th Fajr Film Festival (FFF) contender ‘The Lost Strait’ directed by Bahram Tavakkoli has published a new trailer.

The story of ‘The Lost Strait’ (Abu Ghuraib Strait) is set in the last days of the war just before Iran accepted UN Resolution 598, which ended the war on July 20, 1988.

Starring Javad Ezzati, Amir Jadidi, Mehdi Pakdel, Ali Soleimani, Mehdi Qorbani and Hamid-Reza Azarang, the film depicts how Iran’s Ammar battalion battled against the Iraqi forces in an unequal encounter in the Abu Ghuraib Strait near Dehloran in Iran’s Ilam Province.

Iranian forces were busy in the war in different regions and front lines. Ammar soldiers had been granted some days off to return home, but were dispatched to the strait after they got informed that Iraqi forces were advancing to Fakkeh and Sharhani regions in Khuzestan and Ilam provinces.

A number of Iranian cineastes, including Majid Majidi, the director of the acclaimed movie ‘Muhammad, the Messenger of God’, and Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, the actress of war dramas such as ‘Abajan’ and ‘Gilaneh’, praised Tavakkoli’s ‘The Lost Strait’ for its storyline, casting, performances, and being an example of standard production. The film is likely to win big at the 36th FFF.

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