Beyond the Wall

Vahid Jalilvand

Transicions Iran 126 min Spanish premiere Fiction

Synopsis

Ali, a blind man, is attempting to commit suicide when he is interrupted by the concierge of his building. He is informed that the police is in search of a woman who has escaped and hidden somewhere in the building. Little by little, Ali finds out that the fugitive woman, Leila, is inside his apartment. After participating in a workers’ protest that led to chaos, she is distraught about her four-year-old son who was lost when she was taken in a police van. Gradually, Ali becomes emotionally attached to her. Wishing to flee reality, helping Leila becomes a refuge in his own world of imagination.

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DramaPoliticsThriller

Filmmaker

Vahid Jalilvand

He is a graduate of Tehran University in Theatre Directing. He started his career as a theatre actor and made his stage debut when he was only 15. In 1996, he started working in the Iranian State TV channels as an editor and then as a TV director. Later, he directed two home video series and more than 30 documentaries in social and industrial fields. He has directed and acted in many television series and plays. Wednesday, May 9, his first feature, was awarded FIPRESCI Prize and the Interfilm Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue in Orizzonti Competition of Venice 2015. No Date, No Signature, his second feature, was awarded the Best Director and the Best Actor in Orizzonti Competition of Venice 2017, and was nominated as Iran’s representative to the 91st Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film, 2019. Beyond the Wall is Vahid’s third feature.

Filmography: Beyond the Wall (2022, D'A 2023), No Date, No Signature (2017), Wednesday, May 9 (2015)

Vahid Jalilvand

Film information

Original Title: Shab, Dkheli, Divar
Director: Vahid Jalilvand
Script: Vahid Jalilvand
Contact: The Match Factory
With: Navid Mohammadzadeh, Diana Habibi, Amir Aghaee
Country: Iran
Year: 2022
Format: DCP
Length: 126 min
Language: Persian
Subtitles: English, Catalan

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Beyond the Wall