Underplayed Gems

Without Her (2022)

Without Her poster
Original title
بی‌رویا
Directed by
Arian Vazirdaftari
Genre
thriller, mystery
Country
Iran
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
14
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman searches for answers after a close friend goes missing. Her investigation uncovers hidden truths that test her relationships and her own sense of self.

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What happens

Without Her (Persian: بی رویا, romanized: Bi Roya, lit. Without Roya) is a 2022 Iranian drama mystery thriller film directed and written by Arian Vazirdaftari and produced by Houman Seyyedi and Saeed Sadi. The film screened for the first time at the 40th Fajr Film Festival where it won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress for Tannaz Tabatabaei and earned 2 other nominations, one of which was for Shadi Karamroudi as the best actress in the supporting role and the other one for the director Arian Vazirdaftari as the Best Debut Film prize nominee. Without Her screened at the 79th Venice International Film Festival in the Horizons Extra section on September 6, 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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