Life and a Day

Original title: Abad va yek rooz

2016
1h 52m

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8.2/10

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Payman Maadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, and Parinaz Izadyar in Life and a Day (2016)

Somaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.

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Somaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's... Read allSomaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.Somaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.

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8.2/10

18K

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Awards
- 20 wins & 18 nominations total

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Trivia
The translation of movie's name is "Eternity and a Day" not "Life and a Day". A Greek movie called the same - Eternity and a day (1998)- but the content is way different. Eternity and a day is actually a rule in Iran for unforgiven guilties. They have to stay in prison without any chance of forgiveness or any right to change the judge's verdict. They stay in prison until they die and also one more day, after they pass. That's why the movie called "Eternity and a Day".

Connections
References Rocco et ses frères (1960)

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Featured review

8/10

On the Edge...

Somayeh's found a way to make a leap, from the destitution her family's buried deep, it's an arrangement, there's no desire, no spark or glue or love or fire, but it takes her to a place off the scrapheap. It's a choice that causes chaos and confusion, as she's a pivotal part of the family institution, how will they cope when she has left, although they'll all feel quite bereft, but she's always made substantial contribution.

It's a wonderful piece of filmmaking with some top drawer performances that leave you under no illusion of what poverty and drug addiction can lead to. The story flows seamlessly, the dialogue is raw and realistic, as with the rest of this directors films, it drops you into a world you could hardly imagine, a world of people living on the edge.