Careless Crime (2021)

Original title

جنایت بی‌دقت

Directed by

Shahram Mokri

Genre

drama film

Country

Iran

Runtime

2h 16m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four people go to a cinema in modern Iran to set it on fire. The story is based on a real arson attack that killed many people in 1978.

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What happens

Careless Crime (Persian: جنایت بی‌دقت, romanized: Jenayat-e bi deghat) is a 2020 Iranian crime drama film co-written and directed by Shahram Mokri. While it is set in contemporary Iran, it is based on the Cinema Rex fire, perpetrated in 1978 in Abadan by four Islamic extremists. The film premiered at the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Horizons sidebar. It was awarded the Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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