''Careless Crime'' () is a 2020 Iranian
crime drama film
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but al ...
co-written and directed by
Shahram Mokri
Shahram Mokri (, born on 17 August, 1978 ) is an Iranian filmmaker. He graduated from Soore University. Mokri started his filmmaking training in the Iranian Youth Cinema Society and entered the professional world of cinema with his short film ''" ...
. While it is set in contemporary Iran, it is based on the
Cinema Rex fire
The Cinema Rex fire () happened on 19 August 1978 when the Cinema Rex in Abadan, Iran was set ablaze, killing between 377 and 470 people. The event started when four individuals, who were militants motivated by Islamic extremism, doused the bui ...
, perpetrated in 1978 in
Abadan
Abadan (; ) is a city in the Central District (Abadan County), Central District of Abadan County, Khuzestan province, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The city is in the southwest of the coun ...
by four Islamic extremists.
The film premiered at the
77th edition of the
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...
, in the
Horizons sidebar. It was awarded the Silver Hugo at the
Chicago International Film Festival
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.
Plot
Cast
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Babak Karimi as Mohsen
* Razie Mansori as Elham
* Abolfazl Kahani as Takbali
* Mohammad Sareban as Faraj
* Adel Yaraghi as Majid
* Mahmoud Behraznia as Yadollah
* Behzad Dorani as Fallah
References
External links
*{{IMDb title
2020 films
2020 crime drama films
Iranian crime drama films
Films shot in Iran
2020s Persian-language films
Iranian Revolution films