Lantouri

Lantouri (Persian: لانتوری) is a 2016 Iranian drama film written, directed and produced by Reza Dormishian.^[2] It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival^[3] and in the Discoveries section of the 32nd Warsaw Film Festival.^[1] The film covers the story of throwing acid to the face of a young active journalist by a young man "Pasha" who is a leader of a gang of thieves and blackmailers. A gang that all of its members have been affected by injustice experiences in society.

Lantouri
Film poster
Persian	لانتوری
Directed by	Reza Dormishian
Written by	Reza Dormishian
Produced by	Reza Dormishian
Starring	Navid Mohammadzadeh Amir Salehian Maryam Palizban Baran Kowsari Behrang Alavi Amir Salehian Mehdi Hadi Ahmadi Bahram Afshari
Cinematography	Ashkan Ashkani
Edited by	Hayedeh Safiyari
Music by	Keyhan Kalhor
Distributed by	Iranian Independents
Release date	1 February 2016 (2016-02-01) (Fajr IFF)
Running time	115 minutes[1]
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

Plot

Pasha, the leader of the gang of Lantouri, falls in love with Maryam, a social activist and  journalist who has started a campaign called "No to Violence" in order to convince the families of the crime victims to forgive the murderers of their love ones. Maryam rejects repeatedly Pasha‘s love and his feeling for her. Pasha loses his mind because of the rejection, splashes acid on Maryam‘s face and she loses her sight because of what Pasha did to her. Now, Maryam who previously convincing others to forgive criminals asks for justice and revenge, and requests “eye for eye” punishment.

Cast

• Navid Mohammadzadeh as Pasha
• Maryam Palizban as Maryam
• Baran Kosari as Baran
• Mehdi Koushki
• Bahram Afshari as Bahram
• Behrang Alavi as Saeed (Maryam's friend)
• Reza Behboodi
• Behnaz Jafari
• Fatemeh Naghavi
• Kazem Sayahi
• Parivash Nazarieh
• Nader Falah
• Hojjat Hassanpour Sargaroui as Alireza
• Ardeshir Rostami
• Hossein Pakdel
• Setareh Pesyani
• Hadi Ahmadi
• Amir Salehian as Daryosh

Awards and nominations

• 17th Hafez Awards Celebration, Abbas Kiarostami Memorial Medal Award, 2016 ^[4][5]
• 17th Buenos Aires International Human Rights Film Festival, Best Picture Film Award, 2017 ^[6][7]
• 34th Fajr International Film Festival, nominated for Crystal Simorq Award for Best Make-up artist, for Abdollah Eskandari and Mehrdad Mirkiani, 2016
• 34th Fajr International Film Festival, nominated for Crystal Simorq Award for Best Edith, for Hayedeh Safiyari, 2016
• 34th Fajr International Film Festival, Crystal Simorq Award for Best Sound, for Mohammad Reza Delpak, Saeed Bojnoordi, Hossein Mahdavi, 2016 ^[8]
• 32nd Warsaw International Film Festival, Competition 1-2, 2016 ^[9][10][11]
• 31st Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Special Screenings, Argentina, 2016 ^[12][13]