Original name: Diapason
English name: Diapason
Year: 2019
Run time: 90'
Language: Persian
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: Iran
Director: Hamed Tehrani
Producer: Alireza Shojanoori
Cast: Zhaleh Sameti, Behnosh Bakhtiyari, Alireza Ostadi, Ma’aspumch Rahmani
Screenplay: Hossein Tehrani
Cinematographer: Mehdi Ilbeygi
Editor: Sarah Ahani
Sound Designer: Vahid Razavian
Music Composer: Barzin Yousefian
Costume Designer: Mehrnaz Akbari
Production Designer: Behzad Jafari
Production Company: Tehran Films
World Sales: 7TH ART Independent Film Distribution
World Sales Phone: +98 9126268775
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Festivals:
Busan IFF 2019
Torin IFF 2019
Selected Filmography:
2019 Diapason
2017 The Final (Short)
2016 The World, Northern Hemisphere (Short)
2015 Covenant (Short)
Director’s Biography:
Hamed Tehrani was born 1988 . Graduated in film directing from the Faculty of Arts and Culture, he made three short films, Covenant(2015), The world, Northern Hemisphere (2016) and The Final(2017). Diapason is his feature film debut.
Synopsis: Rana Salehi is a 50-year-old single mother, happily living with her daughter Hoda, a high school senior set to enter college. In the absence of her husband who suddenly disappeared during her pregnancy, Rana and Hoda rely on each other and lead a pleasant life. On her 18th birthday, Hoda plans to go to an amusement park with her friends for her birthday party, and overprotective Rana reluctantly lets her go. Unfortunately, an unexpected incident at the amusement park results in Hoda’s death. Rana’s world collapses, but Iran’s laws and customs that she faces after Hoda’s death are ever more harsh. The film realistically portrays the prejudice, hypocrisy, and the absurdity of law and religion that Rana confronts upon the death of her daughter.