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Winner of the 2025 Palme d’Or and nominated for Best International Feature at the 2027 Oscars, Jafar Panahi’s latest is a searing parable of state violence and revenge.

Dir: Jafar Panahi | Iran, France, Luxembourg | 2025 | 104 mins | Subtitled

Cast | Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten

 

Winner of the 2025 Palme d’Or and nominated for Best International Feature at the 2027 Oscars, Jafar Panahi’s latest is a searing parable of state violence and revenge.

Mechanic Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri) was once imprisoned by Iranian authorities and interrogated blindfolded. One day, a man named Eghbal (Ebrahim Azizi) enters his garage. His prosthetic leg creaks, and Vahid thinks he hears a former torturer. Should he take his vengeance or let him go?

Veteran filmmaker and democratic activist Panahi (Taxi Tehran, No Bears) interrogates the possibility of justice for people who have committed atrocious acts.

“A taut and twisting revenge thriller” BBC Film

 

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Run Time: 104 mins

Priority Booking: Opens Friday 12th December, 10am

General Booking: Opens Friday 19th December, 10am

Evenings - £7 (£6.50)

Matinees - £6.50 (£6)

All Screenings Under 26s - Only £5!

Friends of Stamford Cinema - 50p off

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