Bodiless Explained

Bi Badan
Starring:	Elnaz Shakerdoost Navid Pourfaraj Soroush Sehhat Pejman Jamshidi
Director:	Morteza Alizadeh
Producer:	Seyyed Mostafa Ahmadi
Runtime:	90 minutes
Country:	Iran
Language:	Persian

Bodiless (Persian: بی بدن|'''Bi Badan''') is a 2024 film by the Iranian director Morteza Alizadeh. Elnaz Shakerdoost, Soroush Sehhat and Navid Pourfaraj starred in the principal roles.

This film nominated for the best first director and the best first film at the Fajr Film Festival.

Plot

The story of the film is a loose adaptation of several real court cases.^[1]

Cast

• Elnaz Shakerdoost as Ms.Moghdam: Arghavan’s mother
• Soroush Sehhat as Behroz Moghadam: Arghavan‘s father
• Navid Pourfaraj as Mohsen Shokohi: the interrogator of Arghavan’s case
• Pejman Jamshidi as Mehrdad Behmanesh: Soroush’s father and Shohereh’s ex-husband and Mona’s husband
• Gellareh Abbassi as Shohreh: Soroush’s mother and Mehrdad’s ex-wife
• Mina Vahid as Mona: Soroush’s step-mother and Mehrdad’s wife

Reception

Behrouz Afkhami called this film a revival of a successful genre in cinema and emphasized that this movie can compete with comedy movies in terms of audience attraction and sales.^[2]

Film critic "Mohammad Taghi Fahim" believes that this film has a new position that has not been seen in the cinema in recent years.^[3] This film nominated for the best first director and the best first film at the Fajr Film Festival.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: «بی‌بدن» در راه جشنواره فجر/ فیلمبرداری و تدوین همزمان . . 30 December 2023.
2. Web site: «بی‌بدن» می‌تواند با کمدی‌ها رقابت کند/ درباره فیلمم قضاوتی ندارم . 14 February 2024 . . 14 February 2024.
3. Web site: موضع متفاوت «بی بدن» نسبت به قصاص/ فیلمی که بی‌سر شد . 17 February 2024 . . 17 February 2024.
4. Web site: نامزدهای دریافت سیمرغ جشنواره فیلم فجر معرفی شدند . 10 February 2024 . . 10 February 2024.