The Wasteland (2020 film)

The Wasteland (Persian: دشت خاموش‎, romanized: Dashte khamoush) is a 2020 Iranian drama film directed and written by Ahmad Bahrami.[1][2][3][4][5] the film premiered on September 3, 2020, at the 77th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Orizzonti Award.‌Prize 2021 of the international jury at the Festival Nouvelles Images Persanes in Vitré (France)[6] [7]

The Wasteland
Film poster
Directed byAhmad Bahrami
Written byAhmad Bahrami
Produced bySaeed Bashiri
Starring
  • Ali Bagheri
  • Farrokh Nemati
  • Mahdie Nassaj
CinematographyMasud Amini Tirani
Edited bySara Yavari
Music byFoad Ghahremani
Release date
  • September 3, 2020 (2020-09-03) (VIFF)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

Synopsis

A remote brick manufacture factory produces bricks in an ancient way. Many families with different ethnicities work in the factory and the boss seems to hold the key to solving their problems. Forty-year-old Lotfollah (Ali Bagheri), who has been born on-site, is the factory supervisor and acts as go-between for the workers and the boss. Boss (Farrokh Nemati) has Lotfollah gather all the workers in front of his office. He wants to talk to them about the shutdown of the factory. All matters now to Lotfollah is to keep Sarvar (Mahdie Nassaj) unharmed, the woman he has been in love with for a long time.

Cast
  • Ali Bagheri as Lotfollah
  • Farrokh Nemati as Lotfollah's Boss
  • Mahdie Nassaj as Sarvar
  • Sepehr Sepi as Pianist
  • Touraj Alvand
  • Majid Farhang
  • Naser Alaghemandan
  • Narges Amini
  • Mohsen Yeganeh
  • Razie Irani
  • Shaghayegh Aghazadeh
  • Mahtab Khosh Manesh
  • Ahoura Bahrami
  • Parsa Sobhani
  • Arsha Sobhani
  • Barsa Bahrami
  • Mina Sarghare

Reception

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Recipient Result
2021 Art Film Festival Best Film – Blue Angel Ahmad Bahrami Nominated
2021 Nouvelles Images Persanes French Vitré Festival Prize 2021 - International jury Ahmad Bahrami Won
2021 Asia Film Awards Best New Director Ahmad Bahrami Nominated
Best Cinematography Masoud Amini Tirani Won
2021 Bogotá International Film Festival Best Film – Premio Radiónica de la juventud Ahmad Bahrami Won
2020 Venice International Film Festival Orizzonti Ahmad Bahrami Won
2022 Iranian Cinema Directors' Great Celebration Best New Film Director Ahmad Bahrami Nominated
2022 Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Best Creativity and Talent (first filmmakers) Ahmad Bahrami Nominated

References
  1. ""دشت خاموش" آماده نمایش شد". ایسنا (in Persian). 2020-06-06. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  2. "سعی کردم نگاهم در "دشت خاموش" انسانی و جهان‌شمول باشد / گفت‌وگو با احمد بهرامی کارگردان فیلم نماینده ایران در جشنواره ونیز". خبرگزاری هنر ایران (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  3. ""دشت خاموش" بهترین فیلم افق های ونیز شد". خبرگزاری برنا (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  4. "جایزه ویژه منتقدان جهان به "دشت خاموش" رسید". PANA.IR (in Persian). 2020-09-12. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  5. "این فیلم ایرانی در ونیز ۳ جایزه گرفت!". خبرآنلاین (in Persian). 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  6. cite web|url=https://www.nouvellesimagespersanes.fr/Le-palmares
  7. {cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/vitre-35500/vitre-le-festival-nouvelles-images-persanes-a-accueilli-presque-3-000-spectateurs-5c0fd122-4563-11ec-8acd-08271a51a470
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