Asphyxia (film)

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Asphyxia
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Film poster
Directed by Fereydoun Jeyrani
Written byFereydoun Jeyrani
Produced byFereydoun Jeyrani
Starring
CinematographyMasood Salami
Edited by Bahram Dehghan
Music by Karen Homayounfar
Release date
  • 1 February 2017 (2017-02-01)(Fajr)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

Asphyxia is a 2017 Iranian neo-noir film written, produced and directed by Fereydoun Jeyrani and starring Navid Mohammadzadeh, Elnaz Shakerdoust, Mahaya Petrosian and Pardis Ahmadieh. [1] [2]

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Plot

Masoud takes his wife who has neurotic tensions to the asylum to take care of her.

Cast

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References

  1. 1 2 Kiang, Jessica (4 December 2017). "Tallinn Film Review: 'Asphyxia'". Variety . Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 Dalton, Stephen (2 December 2017). "'Asphyxia': Film Review; Tallinn 2017". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 8 September 2018.