TEHRAN -- Iranian movie ‘Lady of the City’ has been invited to compete at the Nitte International Film Festival in India.
Produced by Pegah Ahmadi and directed by Maryam Bahrololoumi, the Nitte University invited the film to vie at the fifth edition of the event.
‘Lady of the City’ is a social drama telling the story of a family dealing with an unspecified challenge.
It follows Shahrbanou, a woman who has been sentenced to life in prison for being a drug mule.
After eleven years in jail, she is released from prison for a few days to attend her son’s wedding.
The temporary freedom helps her see a new aspect of her life and that of her family before returning to prison.
“One of the worst punishments is to imprison yourself forever in the middle of an unintentional mistake or wrong wish, as if you have no way forward, no way back, and no place to stay and no place to go,” a synopsis of the movie reads.
The cast list of the movie includes Freshteh Sadr-Orafaee, Behnaz Jafari, Gelareh Abbasi, Saman Saffari, Muhammad Valizadegan, Ali Kian-Ersi, Tarannom Kazemi, Behrang Alavi, and Yousef Teymouri.
The Nitte International Film Festival aims to bring the best films and filmmakers to the citizens of the multicultural city of Mangaluru, completely free of cost.
The fifth edition of the festival is scheduled for June 8-11, 2023.