Movie

Beautiful City

92%Critics13 reviews91%Audience19 reviews

7.492average critics score, out of 1020041h 42m

Drama

After spending two years in juvenile detention for killing his girlfriend as a teenager, the troubled, young Akbar is transferred to an adult facility shortly after turning 18. No longer a minor, his death sentence will soon be legally carried out. Meanwhile outside, Ala -- Akbar's friend and newly paroled petty thief -- along with Akbar's sister Firoozeh (played by Taraneh Alidoosti, in the first of her three collaborations with director Asghar Farhadi) set out to convince the victim's bereaved father to forgive Akbar, which could potentially reduce his sentence from death to life in prison. Navigating the complexities of Iran's judicial system together, the two form a close bond in their desperate attempts to seek clemency before it is too late.

Directed by:

Asghar Farhadi