Abad va yek rooz (2016) Reviews

• I highly recommend this movie to everyone who like to see how an impoverished life can be in the Capital of Iran.

  alirezasalehniya2017-01-17

  this review may contain spoilers so be careful... I highly recommend this movie to everyone who like to see how an impoverished life can be in the Capital of Iran. In a world that we all like to see the glory, this movie shows us that there is another side. A side in which you are destined to fight, in a world that you have to stand on your feet. this movie is not a story of love but a story of persons who never found and could find love because of poverty, girls that were beautiful but no one sought them because their family was so poor. Boys who had become addicted because of pain and couldn't get rid of their addiction even when they were trampled under the strains of insults. yes this the story of poverty. this a story of a little smart boy whose only hope within its struggling family is his all-embracing and kind sister who he might lose.

• A superb depiction of poverty, family unity and struggle in modern-day Iran

  persianplaya408-925-2184382017-01-19

  First-Time director Saeid Roustayi captures Iranian culture, the current poverty epidemic that everyday Iranians face from a realistic standpoint. The performances, story and cinematography all allow us a realistic glimpse into this family, whose dealing with many issues. The film touches on a lot of Iranian taboos and cultural fallbacks on a surface level, and delves deep into others. The family business is struggling, one brother is addicted (solid performance from Navid Mohammadzadeh), another sister doesn't marry (big deal in iranian culture), one is divorced, and another plans to be married off to supposedly wealthy Afghan. The main character, portrayed brilliantly by Peyman Moaadi struggles to make wise business and family decisions, and it becomes taxing. For fans of Iran's realist movement should watch this. I felt like this accurately captured Iranian culture, while also posing vital questions about the situations.

• The newest addition to Iran's Realist movement in filmmaking

  hideous_stranger2016-03-27

  Life + 1 Day is the directorial debut for young screenwriter and director Saeed Roostaei, whose film is well-written and well-crafted with stellar performances from most of the cast. The plot (if you could call it that) is about the youngest girl in a poverty-stricken family in Tehran who's contemplating whether she should leave her family to marry a rich Afghan or to stay with them and continue her mostly-futile attempts to mend her broken family. Her older brother, Morteza, who's a recovering addict urges her to leave, while her younger brother, Mohsen, who's still a user, implores her to stay and not give up on her family. In my opinion, the film certainly has its moments. In one scene, the two brothers argue over whether Morteza has received money from the Afghan suitor and is supporting the marriage for his own financial gain. The chemistry between Moaadi and Mohammadzadeh is unbelievable, and the dialog fuels the drama in a powerful way. My problem with Life + 1 Day is two-fold: first, it's structure: the film has divided its attention among all characters, and in doing so, it has spread itself too thin. We see a family of 8 and we are given a glimpse into the life and problems of each and every one. At the end of the day, the film is about all of the characters. I think to do justice to all of them, the film would have needed much more runtime. My second issue is with the rampant melodrama during the whole film. It's like listening to an opera with the soprano screaming her lungs out the entire piece. I'm not saying the scenarios are contrived or the sequences are not believable. My point is that for the drama to really kick in, you need to have the "downs" as well as the "ups". The characters of this story are constantly screaming, quibbling or shedding tears! There is a sequence, where the family celebrates their youngest brother's remarkable grades or a sequence where they take a family picture together. Sequences like these would've better established the "normal" pace of daily life and then, as a result, the more dramatic sequences would have hit the audiences (especially international ones who may be less familiar with the culture of Iranian families) even harder. Overall, I'm personally happy with the direction Iran's school of Realism in cinema has taken in recent years and look forward to Roostaei's future films. Afterall, he's only 26. I can't imagine what movies he'll be making by the time he's 40!

• Best movie after a long time in Iran

  MiladAbolghasemi2017-02-26

  "Life and a day" is a recurring story heard that repeatedly by other filmmaker's sense making a feature film. The story of a low level family, which is located with the arrival of a suitor and the surrounding issues that this does happen, the spectator's Guide to the dark world of this family and their lives against the audience's eyes. But the major difference is "forever and a day" with other works that have been made, however, and the atmosphere that this is a good story and characters to Director that story it is known to occur. Saeed — rural which rarely can be found in a search, the 26 year old Director of character-filled number good story and true to the extent that fostered an audience with comfort and pain and discomfort of their Become a mental pain can be in the audience when watching movie. The script of "forever and a day" can be easily among the best screenplay of recent years in Iranian cinema. The shooting script and the script to the character, much pay and standard size. Fortunately the Director well understand that this narrative is the story of guys no white and black city down them. These people have a common pain, but never to reach their goals is a scary Monster. Other controversial features acclaimed movies can be found in the character of the child searched for personality; that unlike the dark space and dark story, quite a gifted filmmaker and with it gives this message to the community that the clever people belonging To handle a specific class or do not have the best community of personification of the movie belongs to Mohsen (played by Navid Mohammad Zadeh). The young man junkie that, although intense addiction to a drug dealer, and a history of capitalism, but his love to remind family members of the haunted and among the fights with his brother, Morteza (Treaty of Maadi) Always remind him that should not marry such a situation with somayeh. Sexy brother and sister m. and somayeh especially in the final third of the film is a brilliant sequence Mohsen are conjure somayeh, spectacular and influential and is directed by a well detailed also said rural from this position Becker, has created a lasting moment. One of the best features of "forever and a day" can be used to depict the problem of addiction. A problem that in recent years over and over again in the cinema of the talk but never has so much for tangible and understandable lack of audience e. Young film director instead of portraying a stereotypical situations of the individual, the person addicted introduces the problem that causes the addiction away from her family gathering. In one of the influential film scene, family members are dancing and stomp, but Mohsen in the yard alone has been a better sample of Stomp, somayeh are taking pictures when the collective, m. to Rather than being on the side of the family, at the top of the stairs meets up apart from the others. The village is well managed with complete dominance, the most influential image of addiction in Iranian cinema in the last few year's draws. But "forever and a day" despite the significant cohesion that's in the script, there was also that with a bit of accuracy and reload it. Including these errors bring up snippets of stories that is easily abandon is not specified correctly, and that the reason they put forward what was e. Including this retail stories, the story of the image struck sister scarring that is minutes from the movie m to itself, but its relation to the core of the film is not specified or strange behaviors that sister somayah cats Brought up to the damaged house for maintenance of their revenues, this character has always been angry, but her life is less to the filmmaker goes to understand her pain for this size of anger. "Life and a day" in the acting Department is without doubt one of the best of Iranian cinema in recent years goes to the cast of the film, the best play to date for themselves has to offer. The Treaty of Maadi which is specifically the best movie actor, in the role of m to the complete lack of sophistication he donation Phoenix and remains one of the ambiguities of the thirty-fourth Fajr Film Festival goes to. Navid Mohammad Zadeh in the role of Mohsen mastery of their play on display and it is a pity the spectator on intentions. How the izadyar are also the most well managed during her acting role-playing video somayeh mzlomaneh of drawing and spectators are concerned the fate of this character. Other complementary cast films including Shabnam Moghadami and shirin yazdan bakhsh is also well after roles that they have been fulfilled. "Life and a day" is a work that is spectacular and its puzzle are properly arranged next to each other. "Forever and a day" news of the emergence of gifted and clever film called Saeed in Iranian cinema. 26 years of filmmaking in which mastery on directing, screenplay and play to such an extent that the ballast of actors shocked to conquer together. "Forever and a day" in the years ahead could be easily on a worthy representative of Iranian cinema in the Oscars 2017.

• sensational and fast, a lot more valuable than one time watching

  aminshehny2017-10-02

  this film is the first time Saeed Roostaee made his long movie, considering that,this could be a pleasing accident to the Iranian's cinema. making fast, quick but effective rhythms which fits exactly right in the action of switching between dark and hopeful themes of the camera , with nice Decoupaged Miseenscenes turned this dark drama even more comfortable and attractive to watch. considerable act of Parinaz Izadyar as the character of Somayeh, transfers the true concept of her role on the scenario as the second mother of the family, the origin of kindness which brings hope to a poor family and balances the tragic power of film by proposing a solution to the major disappointing scenes , armed with every kind of art to brings his theory to the every edge of director's frame. so if you have some time and you're ready to feel some impressing drama , here you are.