''Lantouri'' () is a 2016 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
written, directed and produced by
Reza Dormishian. It was shown in the Panorama section at the
66th Berlin International Film Festival and in the Discoveries section of the 32nd
Warsaw Film Festival.
The film covers the story of throwing acid to the face of a young active journalist by a young man "Pasha" who is a leader of a gang of thieves and blackmailers. A gang that all of its members have been affected by injustice experiences in society.
Plot
Pasha, the leader of the gang of ''Lantouri'', falls in love with Maryam, a social activist and journalist who has started a campaign called "No to Violence" in order to convince the families of the crime victims to forgive the murderers of their love ones. Maryam rejects repeatedly Pasha‘s love and his feeling for her. Pasha loses his mind because of the rejection, splashes acid on Maryam‘s face and she loses her sight because of what Pasha did to her. Now, Maryam who previously convincing others to forgive criminals asks for justice and revenge, and requests “eye for eye” punishment.
Cast
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Navid Mohammadzadeh as Pasha
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Maryam Palizban as Maryam
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Baran Kosari as Baran
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Mehdi Koushki
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Bahram Afshari as Bahram
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Behrang Alavi as Saeed (Maryam's friend)
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Reza Behboodi
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Behnaz Jafari
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Fatemeh Naghavi
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Kazem Sayahi
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Parivash Nazarieh
* Nader Falah
* Hojjat Hassanpour as Alireza
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Ardeshir Rostami
* Hossein Pakdel
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Setareh Pesyani
Setareh Pesyani (; born September 8, 1985) is an Iranian actress. She has won an Honorary Diploma at the 39th Fajr Film Festival and an Urban International Film Festival, Urban International Film Festival Award for her performance in the war dram ...
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Hadi Ahmadi
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Amir Salehian as Daryos
Awards and nominations
* 17th
Hafez Awards Celebration,
Abbas Kiarostami Memorial Medal Award, 2016
* 17th Buenos Aires
International Human Rights Film Festival, Best Picture Film Award, 2017
* 34th
Fajr International Film Festival, nominated for Crystal Simorq Award for Best
Make-up artist
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, for Abdollah Eskandari and Mehrdad Mirkiani, 2016
* 34th Fajr International Film Festival, nominated for Crystal Simorq Award for Best Edith, for
Hayedeh Safiyari, 2016
* 34th Fajr International Film Festival, Crystal Simorq Award for Best Sound, for
Mohammad Reza Delpak, Saeed Bojnoordi, Hossein Mahdavi, 2016
*32nd
Warsaw International Film Festival, Competition 1-2, 2016
*31st
Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Special Screenings, Argentina, 2016
References
External links
Official Trailer''Lantouri''on Facebook
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2016 films
2016 drama films
Iranian drama films
2010s Persian-language films
Persian-language drama films