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TOWARD THE NIGHT

by Vincenzo Lauria

synopsis

Maryam is a 25 year old Iranian girl living in Rome and she is shooting a documentary about Anna, a 40 year old woman who lives on the street, that with her way of speaking by visions and predictions and her elegant manners, clashing with her life conditions, caught the attentions of Maryam. The producer of the documentary introduces her to the 27 year old Hesam, also from Iran, and the two start working together. They fall in love, and Hesam moves to Maryam’s studio flat. They are two souls that found and recognised each other, one gifting itself to the other. But the feeling of belonging will turn after a few time into an uncomfortable limit… and maybe, in Anna’s reasons and ravings, Hesam and Maryam could find the answers to their life.

international title: Toward the night
original title: Verso la notte
country: Italy
year: 2021
genre: fiction
directed by: Vincenzo Lauria
film run: 97'
release date: IT 9/12/2021
screenplay: Vincenzo Lauria
cast: Duné Medros, Paola Toscano, Alireza Garshasbi, Mohammad Hassan Zadeh, Keivan Abivar, Giorgio Magliulo, Gaetano Massaro, Jonathan Hedley, Luca Pellegrini
cinematography by: Gianluca Sanseverino
film editing: Keivan Abivar
art director: Cecilia Ceccarelli, Ida Beyti
costumes designer: Erminia Melato
music: Giuseppe Bonafine
production: VLN Film Production
distributor: Cineclub Internazionale Distribuzione

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