Simin (Persian: سیمین ) is a 2018 Iranian film directed, produced and co-written by Morteza Atashzamzam. The other writers were Karim Ronasian and Khazar Mehranfar. The film starred Mohammad Reza Hedayati and Laleh Eskandari. Simin was selected as the opening film of the 31st International Festival of Children and Youth of Isfahan in 2018.
Plot After drying of the Zayandehrud River, the wells and aqueducts of neighboring villages have also run dry. The agricultural lands have lost their fertility and the villages have gradually emptied out. Most of their inhabitants have migrated to the nearby cities, leaving only the elderly in the countryside. But a few people who are more hopeful are still looking for water in the heart of the Qanats.
Awards
Simin won the award for Best Narrative Feature Film at the 2021 Reading FilmFest in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Cast
Mohammad-Reza Hedayati Laleh Eskandari Mohammad Fili Sepeideh Mazaheri Amir Abbas Rezaei
References
External links تولید فیلم سیمین در اصفهان