No Date, No Signature
Film poster
Directed byVahid Jalilvand
Written by
  • Vahid Jalilvand
  • Ali Zerangar
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPayman Shadmanfar
Edited byVahid Jalilvand
Music byPeyman Yazdanian
Distributed byFilmiran
Release dates
  • January 31, 2017 (2017-01-31) (FIFF)
  • September 2, 2017 (2017-09-02) (Venice)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

No Date, No Signature (Persian: بدون تاریخ، بدون امضاء) is a 2017 Iranian drama film directed by Vahid Jalilvand.[1] It was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[2][3]

Premise

While driving his car, Dr. Kaveh Nariman accidentally hits a motorcycle that a family was riding on. The family leaves apparently unscathed. The next day, at his place of work, which is forensic medicine, Dr. Nariman comes across the dead body of the son of the same family, but he refuses to face the family of the deceased in order to find out the main reason of the boy's death.

Cast

  • Amir Aghaei as Dr Nariman
  • Hedieh Tehrani as Sayeh
  • Navid Mohammadzadeh as Moosa
  • Zakia Behbahani as Laila
  • Saeed Dakh as inspector
  • Alireza Ostadi as knowledge employee
  • Hojjat Hassanpour Sargaroui as Kamal
  • Ehsan Rahim Del as the chicken owner
  • Alireza Rahim Del as Habib
  • Fatemeh Mortazi as Kaveh's mother

Reception

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of 22 reviews are positive for the film, with an average rating of 7.30/10.[4] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 71 out of 100, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]

Accolades

No Date, No Signature won the Grand Prix in the International Competition in the 2018 Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF).[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Iran names nominees for 2019 Academy Awards consideration". Mehr News. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "'No Date, No Signature' enters Oscar foreign-language race". Mehr News Agency. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Holdsworth, Nick (15 September 2018). "Oscars: Iran Selects 'No Date, No Signature' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. ↑ No Date, No Signature, retrieved 26 May 2022
  5. ↑ No Date, No Signature, retrieved 26 May 2022
  6. ↑ "Jury and Awards - Edition 2018". BRIFF. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
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