Beautiful City
2004 · Movie · 101 min · ★ 7.7 · 79% critics
A young man who committed a violent crime as a teenager is moved from a rehabilitation center to prison, facing an impending execution. His close friend races against time to persuade the victim’s family to grant consent that could spare him, testing loyalty, hope, and the weight of justice.
Also known as Shahre Ziba · The Beautiful City
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Details
- Original title
- شهر زیبا
- Years
- 2004
- Release date
- 2004-06-09
- Language
- FA
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (68 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a serious, emotionally intense drama about justice, forgiveness, and desperate persuasion, similar in tone to A Hero or The Salesman; Not for you if you avoid bleak, high-stakes stories.
Pros: tense moral stakes; urgent emotional drive; friendship under pressure | Cons: heavy subject matter; bleak atmosphere; slow-burn pacing
Cast & crew
Taraneh Alidoosti
as Firoozeh
Babak Ansari
as A'la
Faramarz Gharibian
as Abolqasem Rahmati
Ahoo Kheradmand
as Abolqasem's Wife
Hossein Farzi-Zadeh
as Akbar
Farhad Ghaemian
Directed by Asghar Farhadi