Divine Comedy (2025)

Original title

کمدی الهی

Directed by

Ali Asgari

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Iran, France, Italy

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

16

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 40-year-old Iranian filmmaker named Bahran has never had his movies officially screened in his own country because of strict censorship. The story follows his personal and professional struggles as he deals with this situation.

reflectivefrustratedunderstatedwrycontemplativegroundeddryquietly defiant

What happens

Divine Comedy (Persian: کمدی الهی, romanized: Komedi-e elāhi) is a 2025 comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Ali Asgari. It stars Bahman Ark, Sadaf Asgari, Hossein Soleimani and Mohammad Soori. It follows Bahran, a 40-year-old filmmaker who never had his films officially screened in Iran, due to the country's harsh censorship. A co-production between Iran, Italy, France, Germany and Turkey, the film had its world premiere at the Orizzonti section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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