''To Stay Alive'' ( fa, بمانی, translit. ''Bemani'',

Romanize Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, an ...

d as ''Bemāni'') is a 2002 Iranian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Dariush Mehrjui Dariush Mehrju'i ( fa, داریوش مهرجویی , born 8 December 1939, also spelled as ''Mehrjui'', ''Mehrjoui'', Mehrjooi, and ''Mehrjuyi'') is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and a member of the Iranian Academy of ...

. It was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the

2002 Cannes Film Festival The 55th Cannes Film Festival started on 15 May and ran until 26 May 2002. The Palme d'Or went to the Polish-French-German-British co-produced film '' The Pianist'' directed by Roman Polanski. The festival opened with '' Hollywood Ending'', direct ...

Cast

* Neda Aghaei * Masoumeh Bakhshi * Shadi Heydari

Reception

''Variety'' wrote, "''Bemani'' is an extreme film detailing extreme acts of desperation that, like Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s ''Kandahar'', uses artistic license to make its point like a kick in the stomach."

References

External links

* 2002 films Iranian drama films 2000s Persian-language films 2002 drama films Films directed by Dariush Mehrjui {{Iran-film-stub