YAHYA DIDN’T KEEP QUIET
Filmfest 2016
(YAHYA SOKOUT NAKARD)
Iran 2015
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: Persian)
European Premiere
Director: Kaveh Ebrahimpour
Section: International Independents
When he becomes an orphan, seven-year-old Yahya has to go live with his childless aunt – who has a dark secret.
“The main character in my film has suffered greatly. Never having tasted the joys of motherhood, she works as a backstreet abortionist. However, the sudden arrival of a child into her universe transforms her despite herself. She becomes a mother through the power of love without having passed through the stage of conception. Love has the power to soften life’s bitterness, but can it help one change the past, especially in the presence of such a lively and highly intelligent child?” – Kaveh Ebrahimpour
Cast: Fatemeh Motamed Arya, Mahan Nasiri, Neda Jebraili, Touraj Mansouri
Credits
Screenplay: Tala Motazedi
Director of Photography: Hossein Jalili
Film Editor: Jinous Pedram
Composer: Hamed Sabet
Production Designer: Ali Abedini
Costume Design: Ali Abedini
Sound: Alireza Alavian
Producer: Tina Pakravan
Production Company: Ayene Aftab Cultural Institute
World Sales: DreamLab Films
Director: Kaveh Ebrahimpour
biography
Kaveh Ebrahimpour was born in Tehran in 1976. He graduated from the Arts University of Tehran with a BA in cinema majoring in editing. He has directed a handful of student short films and TV commercials. YAHYA DIDN’T KEEP QUIET is his first feature film.
