| Beautiful City | |
| Director: | Asghar Farhadi |
| Producer: | Iraj Taghipoor |
| Starring: | Taraneh Alidoosti Faramarz Gharibian Babak Ansari Hossein Farzi-Zadeh Ahu Kheradmand |
| Music: | Hamidreza Sadri |
| Cinematography: | Ali Loghmani |
| Editing: | Shahrzad Pouya |
| Runtime: | 101 minutes |
| Country: | Iran |
| Language: | Persian |
Beautiful City (fa|شهر زیبا /Shahr-e Ziba/) is a 2004 Iranian drama film directed by Asghar Farhadi.
The film is named after a neighborhood in western Tehran called Shahr-e ziba in Farsi, which can be translated as “Beautiful City”. Tehran’s Center for Correction and Rehabilitation, the juvenile detention center featured in the film, is located in that district.[1] [2]
Akbar celebrates his 18th birthday in Tehran’s Center for Correction and Rehabilitation. He has been held in the juvenile detention center for committing murder at the age of sixteen when he was condemned to death. Legally speaking, he had to reach the age of eighteen so that the conviction could be carried out. Now, Akbar is transferred to prison to await the day of his execution. A'la, a friend of Akbar, who himself has undergone imprisonment for burglary, soon after his release tries desperately to gain the consent of Akbar's plaintiff so as to stop the execution.
| Year | Group | Award | Recipients and nominees | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Fajr Film Festival | Crystal Simorgh Award – Best Sound Mixing | Hassan Zahedi | ||
| 35th International Film Festival of India | Golden Peacock (Best Film) | Asghar Farhadi | |||
| Special Jury Award | Faramarz Gharibian | ||||
| Warsaw International Film Festival | Grand Prix | Asghar Farhadi | |||
| 2005 | Split Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize | Asghar Farhadi |