The movie
Seven Winters in Tehran
The 013 CIFF’s first documentary ever tells the story of Rayhaneh Jabbari, a woman executed for killing the man who tried to rape her. ‘A deep, dignified, and nuanced human story of a conflicted, violent society.’—Cineuropa
Length: 97 min
Country: Duitsland, Iran
Language spoken: German, Farsi
Language subtitles: English
Cast:
Director: Steffi Niederzoll
Release date: 16/10/2023
Description
These screenings are with English subtitles
The first documentary ever presented at the 013 Cinecitta International Film Festival won the Compass-Perspektive-Award for the Best Film in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section and the Peace Film Prize at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year. In 2007, 19-year-old Rayhaneh Jabbari stabbed a man who was attempting to rape her. He died; she was arrested. Using materials smuggled out of Iran, the video calls and letters of Rayhaneh herself, and interviews, director Steffi Niederzoll paints a deeply affecting portrait of the spirited Jabbari and the corruption in Iranian society as a whole over the seven years leading up to Jabbari’s 2014 execution.
‘Niederzoll gives us… a deep, dignified, and nuanced human story of a conflicted, violent society… Even though its anti-regime voice is loud and clear, the film also sends a message of empathy and forgiveness, just as Reyhaneh asked her family to forgive her murderers…’—Vladan Petkovic, Cineuropa
These screenings are with English subtitles
The first documentary ever presented at the 013 Cinecitta International Film Festival won the Compass-Perspektive-Award for the Best Film in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section and the Peace Film Prize at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year. In 2007, 19-year-old Rayhaneh Jabbari stabbed a man who was attempting to rape her. He died; she was arrested. Using materials smuggled out of Iran, the video calls and letters of Rayhaneh herself, and interviews, director Steffi Niederzoll paints a deeply affecting portrait of the spirited Jabbari and the corruption in Iranian society as a whole over the seven years leading up to Jabbari’s 2014 execution.
‘Niederzoll gives us… a deep, dignified, and nuanced human story of a conflicted, violent society… Even though its anti-regime voice is loud and clear, the film also sends a message of empathy and forgiveness, just as Reyhaneh asked her family to forgive her murderers…’—Vladan Petkovic, Cineuropa
These screenings are with English subtitles
