Goodbye (2011 film)

Goodbye
Film poster
Directed by	Mohammad Rasoulof
Written by	Mohammad Rasoulof
Produced by	Mohammad Rasoulof
Starring	Leila Zare Roya Teymourian
Cinematography	Arastoo Givi
Edited by	Mohamadreza Muini
Release date	7 September 2011 (7 September 2011)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

Goodbye (Persian: به امید دیدار, translit. Be omid e didār) is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Mohammad Rasoulof.[1] It offers an incisive portrait of an Iranian citizen straining under curtailed personal freedoms.

Cast

• Leila Zare
• Roya Teymourian
• Hasan Pourshirazi
• Behnam Tashakkor
• Fereshteh Sadreorafai
• Shahab Hosseini

Plot

Noura (Leyla Zareh) is an attorney whose license has been revoked by the government, as her resultant attempts at escape meet with ever-mounting roadblocks. Evoking a sense of dread and despair, Rasoulof (himself officially constrained from making more films) constructs a fitting metaphor for the stultifying pressures faced by many in today's Iran.

Awards

Winner of best director honors in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

References

1. Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 148. ISBN 978-1908215017.

External links

• Goodbye at IMDb