Summer with Hope (Persian: Tabestan Ba Omid) is a 2022 Canadian-Iranian drama film, directed, written and co-produced by Sadaf Foroughi.[1] The film premiered on July 7, 2022 at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
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Persian | Tabestan Ba Omid |
Directed by | Sadaf Foroughi |
Written by | Sadaf Foroughi |
Produced by | Sadaf Foroughi Kiarash Anvari Christina Piovesan |
Starring | Mehdi Ghorbani Leili Rashidi Benyamin Peyrovani |
Cinematography | Amin Jafari |
Edited by | Kiarash Anvari |
Music by | Soheil Peyghambari |
Production companies | First Generation Films Sweet Delight Pictures |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Countries | Canada Iran |
Language | Persian |
Omid, a teenage athlete who is barred for bureaucratic reasons from a swimming competition; however, as his estranged father has made his consent to a divorce from his mother (Leili Rashidi) conditional on Omid's performance in the competition, he begins to train in open-water swimming under the coaching of Mani (Benyamin Peyrovani), with their increasingly close friendship leading to community rumours and allegations they are engaging in a gay sexual relationship with each other.[2]
The film premiered on July 7, 2022 at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival,[3] where it won the Crystal Globe for Best Feature Film.[4]
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