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Sunday, February 2, 2025

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  • Sun Feb 2 : 

    Q&A with Fatemah Motamed-Aria after the 6:45 p.m. show

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Followed by a Q&A with actress Fatemah Motamed-Aria

Homa, an accomplished nurse working in a private hospital, has a recurrent dream that brings her a feeling of peace. When an unprecedented snowstorm strikes the area, she is forced to work a 10-day shift, and she finds herself having to care for the unpleasant elderly mother of the hospital’s owner. Soon, both women feel increasingly hemmed in by the stagnant hospital, and as insomnia begins to take hold of Homa, she starts to spiral deep into depression. Striking snows capes lend a haunting melancholy to this thought-provoking interaction between two women.

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2015; Nominee Best Film
Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2015; Winner, High Commendation for Best Performance by an Actress

Screening as part of Iranian Film Festival New York 2025

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  • Country Iran
  • Language Persian with English subtitles
  • Year 2015
  • Running Time 101 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Director Morteza Farshbaf
  • Cast Fatemeh motamed-Arya, Ahmad Hamed, Shirin Yazdanbakhsh, Maryam Shirazi, Mariah Shirazi
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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