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DIVINE COMEDY

by Ali Asgari

synopsis

Bahram is a 40-year-old filmmaker who has spent his entire career making films in Turkish- Azeri, none of which have ever been screened in Iran. His latest work, once again denied permission by the Ministry of Culture, pushes him to the edge of defiance. With his sharp-tongued, Vespa-riding producer Sadaf by his side, he embarks on an underground mission to showcase his film to an Iranian audience — dodging government censors, absurd bureaucracy and his own self-doubts.

international title: Divine Comedy
original title: Komedie elahi
country: Iran, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey
year: 2025
genre: fiction
directed by: Ali Asgari
screenplay: Alireza Khatami, Bahram Ark, Ali Asgari
cast: Hossein Soleimani, Mohammad Soori, Amirreza Ranjbaran, Faezeh Rad
cinematography by: Amin Jafari
film editing: Ehsan Veseghi
art director: Melika Gholami
costumes designer: Melika Rostami, Melika Gholami
music: Hossein Mirzagholi
producer: Milad Khosravi, Ali Asgari
co-producer: Giorgio Giampà, Lorenzo Cioffi, Avantika Singh Desbouvries
production: Zoe Films, Salt for Sugar Films, Seven Springs Pictures (IR), Taat Films (IR), Kadraj (TR)

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