The Dark Room () is a 2018 Iranian drama directed, written and produced by Rouhollah Hejazi.
The subject of this film is the persecution and rape of children in Iran.
Hejazi went to the thirty-sixth Fajr Film Festival with The Dark Room three years after his latest release, Death of the Fish.
It won Best Film at the Hanoi International Film Festival and at the Film Festival of Kerala in 2018. It was the only representative of Iran at the Belgrade Film Festival in 2019.
Plot Farhad, Haleh and their four-year-old son Amir move into a new housing complex. One day, Amir gets lost in the desert in front of the complex. His parents find him, but Amir seems upset and Farhad suspects that someone has abused their son.
Cast Saed Soheili as Farhad Sareh Bayat as Haleh Alireza Mirsalari as Amir Morvarid Kashian as Pegah Amir Reza Ranjbaran as Peyman
Accolades
Award / Film Festival Category Recipient(s) ResultInternational Film Festival of KeralaSuvarna Chakoram (Best Film)The Dark RoomHanoi International Film FestivalBest FilmThe Dark RoomHanoi International Film FestivalThe Best ActorSaed SoheiliBelgrade Film FestivalBest FilmThe Dark Room
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