The Fateful Day (1995 film)

1995 Iranian film

The Fateful Day

Directed by	Shahram Assadi
Written by	Bahram Beyzai
Based on	The Fateful Day byBahram Beyzaei
Produced by	Morteza Shayesteh
Starring	Alireza Shoja Nouri Ladan Mostofi Ezzatolah Entezami Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz Jamshid Mashayekhi Reza Fayazi Zhaleh Olov Mehdi Fat'hi Hossein Panahi
Cinematography	Maziar PartowAsghar Rafi'i Jam
Edited by	Mehdi Rajaeian
Music by	Majid Entezami
Release date	1995 (1995)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

The Fateful Day (Persian: روز واقعه) is a 1995 Iranian Islamic film based on a script of the same name by Bahram Beyzai. The film is directed by Shahram Assadi. Its cast includes many Iranian cinema stars. Wheeler W. Dixon describes it as "an enormous hit in its home country."

Beyzai's screenplay was already published as a well-known book ten years prior to when the film was made. The script was offered to Shahram Asadi in order to be made into a movie.

Plot

The story is of a Christian youth who converts to Islam for the love of a Muslim girl at the time of Husayn ibn Ali. At the wedding, he hears voices calling for help. He leaves the ceremony and takes a journey to Karbala. But he arrives after the Battle of Karbala.

Cast

Production

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Awards

The film won numerous awards at the thirteenth Fajr Film Festival:

Best Makeup
Best Set Design
Best Musical Score
Best Direction of a Second Feature Film

Citations

Winston Dixon 1998, p.37
Winston Dixon 1998, p.38
Winston Dixon 1998, p.37

References

Winston Dixon, Wheeler (1998). The Transparency of Spectacle: Meditations on the Moving Image. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0791437827.

External links

The Fateful Day at IMDb

v t e Crystal Simorgh for Best Film
Not awarded (1983) No winner (1984) The Scarecrow (1985) No absolute winner: Frosty Roads / The Grandfather / The Finish Line / The Bus (1986) The Flight in the Night (1987) No winner (1988) Eye of the Hurricane (1989) The Immigrant (1990) Apartment No.13 (1991) The Need (1992) From Karkheh to Rhein (1993) No winner (1994) The Fateful Day (1995) Father (1996) Children of Heaven (1997) The Glass Agency (1998) Heeva (1999) Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine (2000) Baran (2001) A House Built on Water (2002) The Insane Flew Away (2003) Mum's Guest (2004) So Close, So Far (2005) In the Name of the Father (2006) The Third Day (2007) As Simple as That (2008) Doubt (2009) In Amethyst Color (2010) Crime (2011) No winner (2012) Give Back (2013) Hussein Who Said No / Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others (2014) Crazy Rook (2015) Standing in the Dust (2016) Midday Adventures (2017) The Lost Strait (2018) When the Moon Was Full (2019) Sun Children (2020) Yadoo (2021) The Situation of Mehdi (2022) Metropol Cinema (2023) Majnoon (2024)

Crystal Simorgh for Best Film

Not awarded (1983)
No winner (1984)
The Scarecrow (1985)
No absolute winner: Frosty Roads / The Grandfather / The Finish Line / The Bus (1986)
The Flight in the Night (1987)
No winner (1988)
Eye of the Hurricane (1989)
The Immigrant (1990)
Apartment No.13 (1991)
The Need (1992)
From Karkheh to Rhein (1993)
No winner (1994)
The Fateful Day (1995)
Father (1996)
Children of Heaven (1997)
The Glass Agency (1998)
Heeva (1999)
Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine (2000)
Baran (2001)
A House Built on Water (2002)
The Insane Flew Away (2003)
Mum's Guest (2004)
So Close, So Far (2005)
In the Name of the Father (2006)
The Third Day (2007)
As Simple as That (2008)
Doubt (2009)
In Amethyst Color (2010)
Crime (2011)
No winner (2012)
Give Back (2013)
Hussein Who Said No / Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others (2014)
Crazy Rook (2015)
Standing in the Dust (2016)
Midday Adventures (2017)
The Lost Strait (2018)
When the Moon Was Full (2019)
Sun Children (2020)
Yadoo (2021)
The Situation of Mehdi (2022)
Metropol Cinema (2023)
Majnoon (2024)

v t e Bahram Beyzai
Films directed	Downpour (1971) Ballad of Tara (1979) Death of Yazdgerd (1981) Bashu, the Little Stranger (1986) Killing Mad Dogs (2001)
Plays written	The Marionettes (1963) The Eighth Voyage of Sindbad (1964) Four Boxes (1967) Death of Yazdgerd (1979) Memoirs of the Actor in a Supporting Role (1981) Kalat Claimed (1982) Tarabnameh (1994) Crossroads (2009)
Related	A Study on Iranian Theatre "On the Situation of Theatre and Cinema" The Fateful Day A New Prologue to the Shahnameh The Lady Aoi
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