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SUMMARY:Woman and Child
DESCRIPTION:Visit the UCLA Film & Television Archive website to learn more 
 about upcoming screenings and events.\n\nREGISTER FOR THIS 
 SCREENING\n\nPlease note: Registration does not guarantee entry if the 
 event reaches capacity. Admission is granted on a first come\, first served 
 basis.\n\nPatrons who have registered will need to obtain their free 
 tickets at the box office\, where seating will be assigned. Any seats 
 remaining 15 minutes before showtime will be released to standby 
 patrons.\n\nScreening 1 of 2\n\nThe Granny and Fishes\n\nYear: 
 2025\nCountry: Iran\nLanguage: Persian with English subtitles\nRuntime: 27 
 min.\nDigital. Color.\n\nFarhang Short Film Festival 1st prize 
 winner\n\nAfter ill-conceived irrigation projects and drought rendered Lake 
 Hāmūn on the Iran-Afghanistan border a dust bowl\, hundreds of villagers 
 migrated away\, except for an old woman whose solitary routine of gathering 
 up dead fish is the subject of this quietly compelling documentary.\n\nDCP. 
 PDirectors/Screenwriters: Maria Mavati\, Ehsan Farokhi Fard.\n\nScreening 2 
 of 2\n\nWoman and Child\n\nYear: 2025\nCountry: Iran\nLanguage: Persian 
 with English subtitles\nRuntime: 131 min.\nDigital. Color.\n\nAfter the 
 powerhouse family drama Leila’s Brothers (2023 UCLA Celebration of 
 Iranian Cinema) led to a jail sentence in Iran\, writer-director Saeed 
 Roustaee returned to Cannes last year with this more diffuse but still 
 devastating story about a woman seemingly under siege from all sides. 
 Parinaz Izadyar stars as Mahnaz\, a nurse and widow with two children\, 
 including a rebellious teenage son\, looking forward to starting over with 
 new partner Hamid (Payman Maadi) until a sudden tragedy and a shocking 
 betrayal sets Mahnaz on a desperate course of revenge against the school 
 system\, the courts and her own family.\n\nDCP. Director/Screenwriter: 
 Saeed Roustaee. With: Parinaz Izadyar\, Payman Maadi\, Soha Niasti.\n\nJoin 
 Meeting: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ucla-celebration-of-iranian-cinema-woman-and-child-2025-tickets-1987864029825?aff=oddtdtcreator
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, UCLA Film & Television Archive
ORGANIZER;CN="Suzy Lee":MAILTO:szlee@library.ucla.edu
CATEGORIES:Screening
CONTACT;CN="Suzy Lee":MAILTO:szlee@library.ucla.edu
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