''Damascus Time'' ( fa, به وقت شام) is a 2018 drama film by Iranian director
Ebrahim Hatamikia
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.
The plot revolves around an Iranian pilot and his copilot son whose plane is seized by
ISIS
Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic language, Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician language, Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major ancient Egyptian deities, goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughou ...
forces in Syria while carrying a cargo of humanitarian relief supplies to people in a war zone.
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Babak Hamidian and an ensemble of Syrian, Iraqi and Lebanese actors star in the film.
Synopsis
Ali and his son, Younes, play pilots trying to rescue civilians besieged and attacked by ISIS forces in eastern Syria. The pilots have come to help the townspeople escape in an aging Ilyushin cargo plane.
Cast
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Babak Hamidian
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Hadi Hejazifar
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Khaled El Sayed
Khaled El Sayed () is a Lebanese actor and voice actor.
Filmography
Film
Television
Plays
*''Waylon Le Omma''. - Sergeant 2013
*I Reached the 99. 2008
Dubbing roles
* ''1001 Nights''
* ''Alfred J. Kwak''
* ''Alice in Wonderla ...
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Pierre Dagher
Pierre Dagher (born April 23, 1963) is a Lebanese actor.
Filmography
Film
*'' One Day I'll Leave'' - Mazen. 2015
*''33 Days'' - Avi. 2012
* Damascus Time
Television
*''Qiyamat Al Banadiq'' - Abu Ali Malham Qasem. 2013
*'' Al Ghaliboun''. 2011 ...
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Laleh Marzban
* Lath El Mofty
Release
The movie seeks to shed light on the reality of Daesh and what the Western media is trying to hide from the world about them.
Hatamikia, Homayunfar and Joseph Salameh, the Lebanese actor who is starring as Abu Omar al-Shishani in the film, attended the ceremony organized at the Kurosh Cineplex.
Awards
At the 2018
Fajr International Film Festival
Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بینالمللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...
, Ebrahim Hatamikia was co-awarded the
Crystal Simorgh
The Crystal Simorgh ( fa, سیمرغ بلورین) is an award given by Fajr International Film Festival, Iran's major annual film festival. It is awarded in several categories of ''International Competition'' as well as ''Iranian Cinema Comp ...
for best director. Mohammad-Ali Jafari, IRGC Chief-Commander, congratulated Hatamikia on receiving the Award. The movie won two other awards for Best Composer and Best Sound Effects, and holds the record of being nominated in eight categories.
Reception
Mohammad Javad Zarif
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, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs,
and Iran's
Quds force
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commander,
Qasem Soleimani
Qasem Soleimani ( fa, قاسم سلیمانی, ; 11 March 19573January 2020) was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until his assassination in 2020, he was the commander of the Quds F ...
described the movie as a "masterpiece."
Lead actor
Hadi Hejazifar said that he was not satisfied with his performance in the movie.
According to reports, the film is planned to premiere South Korea, Japan, Iraq, and Lebanon.
References
External links
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2018 films
Iranian war films
Iranian action films
Films about Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Films directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia
2010s war films
Films set in Syria
Films whose director won the Best Directing Crystal Simorgh
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