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Directed by Shahram Asadi Running time 105 minutes Language Persian Director Shahram Assadi Written by Bahram Beyzai | 7.2/10 IMDb Release date 1995 Country Iran Initial release 1995 Music director Majid Entezami Cinematography Maziar Partow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Ezzatolah Entezami, Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Zhaleh Olov, Mehdi Fat'hi, Hossein Panahi, Ladan Mostofi Cast Ali Reza Shoja‑Nuri, Hamideh Kheirabadi, Enayat Bakhshi, Siamak Atlasi, Abbas Amiri Similar Avinar, Hussein Who Said No, Once upon a Time - Cinema, Kamalolmolk, Mosafere rey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Fateful Day (Persian: روز واقعه), is a 1994 Iranian film based on a script of the same name by Bahram Beyzai. The film is directed by Shahram Asadi. It is generally, but perhaps not unanimously, known as the finest religious picture in Iran and attracts great popular and critical attention. Its cast includes a large number of Iranian cinema stars. Wheeler W. Dixon describes it as "an enormous hit in its home country."
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The Script
Beyzai's scrreenplay was already published as a well-known book ten years prior to when the film was made. The hugely lauded script was offered to Shahram Asadi in order to be made into a movie. The film was produced and immediately became a hit.
Plot
The story is of a Christian youth who converts to Islam for the love of a Muslim girl at the time of Husayn ibn Ali. At the wedding, he hears voices calling for help. He leaves the ceremony and takes a journey to Karbala. But he arrives after the Battle of Karbala.
Awards
The film won numerous awards at the thirteenth Fajr Film Festival:
- Best Makeup
- Best Set Design
- Best Musical Score
- Best Direction of a Second Feature Film