Low-stakes rebellion comes easily to Ava, a headstrong teenager who approaches her parents with the kind of eye-rolling moodiness that most high schoolers have down pat. It seems like the kind of thing she’ll outgrow. In the meantime, she’s still a pretty good kid, a bright and vibrant student with a close circle of friends who excels at music and hopes to turn her talent with the violin into a lifelong pursuit. She has the kind of internal life her parents can’t fathom, but there’s nothing strange about that — she is a 17-year-old girl, after all — but as the expectations of her young life in a constricted Tehran become more and more difficult to navigate, Ava’s rebellion morphs into something else.
The film is loosely based on filmmaker Sadar Foroughi’s own coming-of-age in Tehran and won the Fipresci Discovery Award at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival,...
The film is loosely based on filmmaker Sadar Foroughi’s own coming-of-age in Tehran and won the Fipresci Discovery Award at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival,...
- 4/27/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
"Who's this boy who waits for you everyday?" Grasshopper Films has released an official Us trailer for a rebellious drama titled Ava, from Iran, the feature debut of filmmaker Sadaf Foroughi. Deemed "exquisite" and "spellbinding," the film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year, and stopped by the Göteborg Film Festival, Portland Film Festival, and New Directors/New Films earlier this year. Ava tells the story of Ava, played by Mahour Jabbari, a high school girl in Iran. Her life becomes more complicated after her mother catches her in an act of rebellion. The cast includes Bahar Noohian, Vahid Aghapoor, Parnian Akhtari, Sarah Alimoradi, Mona Ghiasi, and Houman Hoursan. Rebel, young Ava! This looks great. Impressive cinematography, to go with an inspiring story of fierce independence in the face of oppression. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Sadaf Foroughi's Ava, direct from Grasshopper's YouTube: Based on her own adolescent experiences,...
- 4/5/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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