The Night Guardian

The Night Guardian
Film poster
Directed byReza Mirkarimi
Written byReza Mirkarimi
Mohammad Davoudi
Produced byReza Mirkarimi
Starring
  • Touraj Alvand
  • Laleh Marzban
  • Aliakbar Osanloo
  • Safoura Khoshtinat
  • Mohsen Kiaee
CinematographyMorteza Hedayati
Edited byReza Mirkarimi
Distributed byBanoo Film
Release date
  • February 1, 2022 (2022-02-01) (FIFF)
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

The Night Guardian (Persian: نگهبان شب, romanized: Negahban-e Shab) is a 2022 Iranian drama film directed and produced by Reza Mirkarimi and written by Mirkarimi and Mohammad Davoudi.[1] The film screened for the first time at the 40th Fajr Film Festival and received 9 nominations, where Mirkarimi won the award for Best Director and Aliakbar Osanloo received a Honorary Diploma for his acting.[2][3] It was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.[4]

Premise

The film is about a naive young village boy named Rasool (Touraj Alvand) whose quiet and carefree life is challenged by the trusting Behnam (Mohsen Kiaee), who is the engineer of a construction project.

Cast

  • Touraj Alvand as Rasool
  • Laleh Marzban as Nasibeh
  • Aliakbar Osanloo
  • Safoura Khoshtinat
  • Mohsen Kiaee as Behnam
  • Vishka Asayesh
  • Kiumars Pourahmad
  • Fahimeh Hormozi
  • Zahra Eslami
  • Parham Gholamlou
  • Mohammad Sadegh Malek
  • Ali Ghabeshi
  • Mehrad Akbarabadi
  • Iman Salgi
  • Navid Bani[5]

Reception

Accolades

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2022 Fajr Film Festival Best Film Reza Mirkarimi Nominated [6][7]
Best Director Reza Mirkarimi Won
Best Screenplay Reza Mirkarimi and Mohammad Davoudi Nominated
Best Actor Touraj Alvand Nominated
Best Actress Laleh Marzban Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Aliakbar Osanloo Honorary Diploma
Best Supporting Actress Safoora Khoshtinat Nominated
Best Sound Effects Amirhossein Ghasemi Nominated
Best Costume Design Zahra Samadi Nominated

See also

References

  1. ^ "رونمایی از جدیدترین تصاویر "نگهبان شب" رضا میرکریمی". ایسنا (in Persian). 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  2. ^ "از "خائن‌کشی" کیمیایی تا "مرد بازنده" مهدویان". خبرآنلاین (in Persian). 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  3. ^ "اخبار ایران و جهان | خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim". www.tasnimnews.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  4. ^ "International Oscar Race: Iran Selects Reza Mirkarimi's 'The Night Guardian'". Variety.
  5. ^ "تازه‌ترین تصاویر نگهبان شب | ۱۳ هزار نفر می‌خواستند در فیلم میرکریمی بازی کنند". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  6. ^ "نامزدهای سودای سیمرغ چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر معرفی شدند". جشنواره فیلم فجر (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  7. ^ "برگزیدگان چهلمین جشنواره فیلم فجر معرفی شدند". جشنواره فیلم فجر (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2022-03-30.