Tehran (ISNA) – The 13th Beijing International Film Festival is to host Iranian feature film “World War III” directed by Houman Seyedi.
The 13th Beijing International Film Festival opened on April 21 and will run through April 27 in China and the “World War III” will be screened at the event.
The film stars Mohsen Tanabandeh, Mahsa Hejazi, Neda Jebraeili and Navid Nosrati. It was selected as the Iran entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
“World War III” competed for the Orizzonti Award at the 79th Venice International Film Festival where it won Orizzonti Award for Best Actor and Orizzonti Award for Best Film.
Also, it has recently won Golden Tulip International Competition Award from the 42nd Istanbul Film Festival in Türkiye.
Regrading the plot summary of “World War III”, Shakib (Mohsen Tanabandeh) is a homeless day laborer who lost his wife and son in an earthquake years ago. Over the last couple of years, he has been in a relationship with Ladan (Mahsa Hejazi), a deaf and mute prostitute. The construction site on which he works turns out to be the set of a film about the atrocities committed by Hitler during WWII.
Against all odds, he is given a house and an opportunity of a lifetime. When Ladan learns about his movie role and the house, she comes to his workplace ask for help and a place. Shakib’s plan to hide her fails and threatens to destroy his chance to be somebody.
