Starless Dreams
“Sir, the judge told me today I was a bastard. What was my sin?”
Heavy snow falls from the sky as heavily-armed guards patrol the walls of an Iranian centre of correction and rehabilitation. Inside, the girls are waiting at the food counter. Among them are underage mothers and others who are married. All of them ended up here after becoming involved in crime. Drug dealing, assault, murder. Yet instead of cold-blooded criminals we discover friendly, warm young people who laugh, sing and cry together. Their close bonds have been forged by the troubled past they share. We learn of their fears of having to return to the lives they once left behind. The documental camera is intimate but respectful, the resulting portraits are full of dignity.
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Mehrdad Oskouei Director · Mohamad Hadadi Cinematographer Amir Adibparvar Editor
Worldwide gross $5.9K · United States release March 4, 2016 · Produced in Iran
Box office
Worldwide gross
$5,937
Production
Oskouei Film Production
Production
Iran
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Original title
رویاهای دم صبح
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
Germany · February 16, 2016
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
United States · March 4, 2016
Premiere · True/False Film Fest
Australia
August 6, 2016 · Melbourne International Film Festival
Bosnia & Herzegovina
November 10, 2017 · Pravo Ljudski Film Festival
Canada
May 3, 2016 · Premiere · Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
Croatia
February 28, 2017 · International Documentary Film Festival ZagrebDox
Denmark
March 18, 2017 · Premiere · CPH:DOX
Estonia
November 18, 2016 · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
France
September 20, 2017 · Theatrical
Greece
March 15, 2016 · Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival
Hungary
January 25, 2018 · Budapest International Documentary Festival
Iran
April 20, 2016 · Premiere · Fajr Internatinoal Film Festival
Italy
April 8, 2016 · Middle East Now Festival
Japan
October 8, 2017 · Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
New Zealand
July 20, 2017 · New Zealand International Film Festival
North Korea
September 23, 2018 · Pyongyang International Film Festival
Norway
September 23, 2016 · Bergen International Film Festival
Sweden
March 8, 2016 · Tempo Documentary Festival
Switzerland
September 22, 2016 · Zurich Film Festival
Tunisia
November 5, 2018 · Carthage Film Festival
Türkiye
April 24, 2017 · Ankara International Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 13, 2016 · London Film Festival
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