The Beautiful City

The Beautiful City
Directed by	Asghar Farhadi
Produced by	Iraj Taghipoor
Written by	Asghar Farhadi
Starring	Taraneh Alidoosti Faramarz Gharibian Babak Ansari Hossein Farzi-Zadeh Ahu Kheradmand
Music by	Hamidreza Sadri
Cinematography	Ali Loqmani
Edited by	Shahrzad Pouya
Release dates	2004
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

The Beautiful City (Persian: شهر زیبا‎‎) is a 2004 Iranian film directed by Asghar Farhadi.

Plot

Akbar has just turned eighteen. He has been held in a rehabilitation centre for committing murder at the age of sixteen when he was condemned to death. Legally speaking, he had to reach the age of eighteen so that the conviction could be carried out. Now, Akbar is transferred to prison to await the day of his execution. A'la, a friend of Akbar, who himself has undergone imprisonment for burglary, soon after his release tries desperately to gain the consent of Akbar's plaintiff so as to stop the execution.

Cast

• Taraneh Alidoosti as Firoozeh
• Faramarz Gharibian as Abolqasem Rahmati
• Babak Ansari as A'la
• Hossein Farzi-Zadeh as Akbar
• Ahu Kheradmand as Mr. Abolqasem's Wife

Awards and nominations

Year	Group	Award	Recipients and nominees	Result
2004	Fajr Film Festival	Crystal Simorgh Award – Best Sound Mixing	Hassan Zahedi	Won
	International Film Festival of India	Golden Peacock	Asghar Farhadi	Won
		Special Jury Award	Faramarz Gharibian	Won
	Warsaw International Film Festival	Grand Prix	Asghar Farhadi	Won
2005	Split Film Festival	FIPRESCI Prize	Asghar Farhadi	Won

External links

• The Beautiful City at the Internet Movie Database