Green Plum Season

Ali Bayat / Iran

Screening

ECIB

31-10-2024 / 18:00 h.

Film Information

Year: 2024

Duration: 95

Language: VOSE

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

Green Plum Season (2024) is a romantic film that follows the development and demise of several love stories at once. The beginning of this framework occurs when Ata, a judge, submits his resignation request and decides to take refuge in the family villa on the outskirts of the city. In this home, his wife, Giti, is processing the divorce and his son Farhad, a university student and social activist, returns from prison. Father and son experience a distant and cold reunion. A car accident jeopardizes the family dynamic that will be stabilized through deception and perpetuated by other incidents.

Director

Ali Bayat (Arak, Iran 1983) after graduating in mechanical engineering, he studied filmmaking. He is credited with five short films that have won awards at international festivals: Cave, Guitar, Underground, Fall and Respect the Court. He has also worked as a production assistant on films such as Isolation and Forever. He completed his debut this year with Green Plum Season (2024), which won an award at the Dhaka International Film Festival.