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Yalda

by Massoud Bakhshi

Drama, 2019 , 1h 28min

France, Germany, Iran, Lebanon, Switzerland

Maryam (22) is “temporarily married” to her rich boss, Nasser Zia (65). She accidentally kills him, but is pregnant with his child. She is sentenced to death. Iranian law dictates that only a victim’s family can forgive the killer. For Maryam, this pardon plays out on the country’s most popular reality show. She quickly discovers that nothing is what it seems. She must choose in front of millions of viewers.