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'Life and a Day' (, romanized: Abad-o Yek Rouz) is a 2016 Iranian drama film written and directed by Saeed Roustaee. The film screened for the first time at the 34th Fajr Film Festival and earned 10 nominations and received 7 awards.

It was released on March 16, 2016, in Iran theatrically.

Premise



Somayeh (Parinaz Izadyar), 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.

Cast



*Payman Maadi as Morteza

*Navid Mohammadzadeh as Mohsen

*Parinaz Izadyar as Somayeh

*Rima Raminfar as Shahnaz

*Shirin Yazdanbakhsh as Mother

*Masomeh Rahmani as Leila

*Mehdi Ghorbani as Navid

Reception



Accolades

*Best Screenplay Award at the Dhaka International Film Festival

*NETPEC Award and Best Prize at the Australian International Persian Film Festival

*Golden Reflection Award at the Geneva International Film Festival

*Special Appreciation Award from Gijn International Film Festival

*Award for Best Director from American Directors' Viewpoint

*Award for Best Actor in American Cinema to Maadi Moody

*Crystal Simorgh Award from Italian Cinema

*Award for Best Screenplay by French Cinema

( The 34th Fajr Film Festival )

Winner

*Crystal Simorgh Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Navid Mohammadzadeh

*Best Actress in a Leading Role

Parinaz Izadyar

*Best Director

Saeed Roustaee

*Best First Film

Saeid Malekan

*First Film Competition - Best Directing

Saeed Roustaee

*Best Screenplay

Saeed Roustaee

*Audience Award Best Film

Saeid Malekan

*Best Editing

Bahram Dehghan

*Best Makeup

Saeid Malekan

*For Emkane Mina

Nominee Crystal Simorg



*Best Actor in a Leading Role

Payman Maadi

*Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Shirin Yazdanbakhsh

*Best Film

Saeid Malekan

*Best Sound Mix

Amin Mirshekari and

Alireza Alavian

*Iran Cinema Celebration 2016

Nominee

Jury Prize

*Best sound design

Alireza Alavian

*Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association 2016

Winner

Jury Prize

*Best Motion Picture of the Year

Saeed Roustaee

*Best Original Screenplay

Saeed Roustaee

*Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Payman Maadi

*Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Navid Mohammadzadeh

Winner

*Special Prize Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Parinaz Izadyar

Nominee

*Jury Prize Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Shirin Yazdanbakhsh

*Best Achievement in Cinematography

Ali Ghazi

*Best Achievement in Music Written for Film

Omid Raiesdana

*Best Achievement in Film Editing

Bahram Dehghan

*Best Achievement in Costume Design

Mohsen Nasrollahi and

Ghazale Motamed

*Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Amin Mirshekari and

Alireza Alavian

*Award for Creativity and Talent (Featured by First Filmmakers) /Saeed Roustaee

*Saeed Malekan's best technical achievement (for eternal face painting and one day) winner

*Diploma of Honor for Best Actress at the 10th Celebration of Critics and Cinema Writers Awarded to Parinaz Izadyar.

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