Story
Freedom or resistance? A gripping drama about an Iranian women’s rights activist based on a screenplay by Mohammad Rasoulof. Maryam has been imprisoned for six long years. When she is permitted to take a seven-day medical break, she can finally see her family again. Without her knowledge, her brother and husband have forged a plan to smuggle her out of the country. For Maryam, a dangerous journey begins through snow-covered mountains, ending in Turkey. Here, she faces the decision: does she really want to stay safe in exile – or should she return to her prison cell to continue the fight for equality and democracy?
Director
ALI SAMADI AHADI (*1972 in Iran) fled to Germany in 1985 without his parents. Since 2000, he has worked as a director, screenplay author and editor. His documentary Lost Children (2009) won the German Film Prize.Trailer
Info
Sieben Tage
Fiction Feature
German, English, Farsi
Große Freiheit | FF2024
Germany
2024
110 min
OV with German subtitles
Ali Samadi Ahadi
Mohammad Rasoulof
Vishka Asayesh, Majid Bakhtiari, Tanaz Molaei, Sam Vafa, Sina Parvaneh, Sima Seyed, Melika Foroutan, Zanyar Mohammadi
Mohammad Farokhmanesh, Ali Samadi Ahadi, Armin Hofmann, Frank Geiger
Mathias Neumann, BVK
Sönke Strohkark
Andrea Mertens
Ali N. Askin
Anonym
Negar Nemati
Ali Samadi Ahadi, Misha Apkhazava
Martin Gerhard
Little Dream Pictures
Goodfellas
brave new work GmbH
ZDF/Arte
Red Parrot Studios
brave new work, Vivian Scheurenberg Dorsey: vivian.dorsey@bravenewwork.de
Tags
ParentsFamily and RelationshipsWomenIslamic CultureHuman RightsMigration and OriginsPolitics and Power