No Date, No Signature (Persian: بدون تاریخ، بدون امضاء) is a 2017 Iranian drama film directed by Vahid Jalilvand.[1] It was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[2][3]
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| Directed by | Vahid Jalilvand |
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| Produced by | Ehsan Alikhani Ali Jalilvand |
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| Cinematography | Payman Shadmanfar |
| Edited by | Vahid Jalilvand |
| Music by | Peyman Yazdanian |
| Distributed by | Filmiran |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | Iran |
| Language | Persian |
Premise
editWhile driving his car, Dr. Kaveh Nariman accidentally hits a motorcycle that a family was riding on. The family leaves apparently unscathed. The next day, at his place of work, which is forensic medicine, Dr. Nariman comes across the dead body of the son of the same family, but he refuses to face the family of the deceased in order to find out the main reason of the boy's death.
Cast
edit- Amir Aghaei as Dr Nariman
- Hedieh Tehrani as Sayeh
- Navid Mohammadzadeh as Moosa
- Zakia Behbahani as Laila
- Saeed Dakh as inspector
- Alireza Ostadi as knowledge employee
- Hojjat Hassanpour Sargaroui as Kamal
- Ehsan Rahim Del as the chicken owner
- Alireza Rahim Del as Habib
- Fatemeh Mortazi as Kaveh's mother
Reception
editCritical response
editOn review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of 23 reviews are positive for the film, with an average rating of 7.30/10.[4] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 71 out of 100, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]
Accolades
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No Date, No Signature won the Grand Prix in the International Competition in the 2018 Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF).[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Iran names nominees for 2019 Academy Awards consideration". Mehr News. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "'No Date, No Signature' enters Oscar foreign-language race". Mehr News Agency. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ Holdsworth, Nick (15 September 2018). "Oscars: Iran Selects 'No Date, No Signature' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "No Date, No Signature". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "No Date, No Signature". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Jury and Awards - Edition 2018". BRIFF. Retrieved 8 May 2021.