To Stay Alive

2002 film

  • 24 May 2002 (2002-05-24)
Running time
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To Stay Alive (Persian: بمانی, translit. Bemani, Romanized as Bemāni) is a 2002 Iranian drama film directed by Dariush Mehrjui. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Cast

  • Neda Aghaei
  • Masoumeh Bakhshi
  • Shadi Heydari

Reception

Variety wrote, "Bemani is an extreme film detailing extreme acts of desperation that, like Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s Kandahar, uses artistic license to make its point like a kick in the stomach."[2]

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: To Stay Alive". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  2. ^ Young, Deborah (8 March 2002). "Bemani / To Stay Alive". Variety. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
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