The Role

A woman accompanies her husband for an audition. The thing that happens there leads her for an important decision…

Director: Farnoosh Samadi
Producers: Pouria Heidary Oureh
Live-Action, Iran, 2018
11:38 min | trailer

Farnoosh Samadi is an Iranian filmmaker who is graduated from Fine Art Academy in Rome. She worked as co-writer in Ali Asgari’s award winning short films. She is also co-writer of a feature film with Ali Asgari which was developed at Cinefondation Residence. The Silence her first short film co-directed by Ali Asgari had its world premiere in competition at Cannes Film Festival 2016. Gaze is her second short film which has its world premiere in competition of Locarno Film Festival 2017. The Role is her newest film.

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