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Filmfest: A BIT OF LIGHT

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Drama | 87 MIN | Iran, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Turkey

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

In Persian with English subtitles

In Ali Asgari’s A BIT OF LIGHT, a Tehran doctor is arrested after treating protesters who were injured at an anti-government rally. Despondent and barred from practicing medicine, he seeks out individual family members before planning an unthinkable act, but fate keeps throwing obstacles in his path. Against a backdrop of political repression and the looming threat of Trump’s war, Asgari finds grace—and unexpected humor—in one man’s darkest hour.

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Ali Asgari
- Venice International Film Festival

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