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The Witness (2025)

1h 40m

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The Witness (2025)

Name: The Witness
Genre: Drama
Released: 2025-04-25

1h 40m

Running Time

April 25, 2025
Release Date

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Plot.

In Iran, the retired dance teacher Tarlan witnesses her friend Rana's murder by her husband, who is an important government figure. When the police refuse to investigate, Tarlan must decide whether to bow to political pressure or risk her reputation and livelihood in pursuit of justice.

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Cast & Crew.

Maryam Boubani

Tarlan

Nader Naderpour

Abbas Imani

Ghazal Shojaei

Hana Kamkar

Farid Eshaghi

Security officer

Nader Saeivar

Director / Writer / Co-Producer

Silvana Santamaria

Producer

Jafar Panahi

Writer / Editor

Said Nur Akkuş

Producer

Said Nur Akkus

Producer

Arash T. Riahi

Producer

Sabine Gruber

Producer

Seyda Akkus

Co-Producer

Emre Oskay

Co-Producer

Silvana Santamaria

Producer

Timur Savcı

Co-Producer

Rouzbeh Rayga

Director of Photography

Valentin Renoldner

Post-Production Manager

Behniya Yousefi

Sound Editor

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Details.

Release Date
April 25, 2025

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 40m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-05-04

Wiki.

The Witness (originally titled Shahed) is a 2024 Austrian-German crime-drama film co-written and directed by Nader Saeivar. It is the first film project of Jafar Panahi, here serving as screenwriter, editor and artistic consultant, following his 2022 incarceration.

The film, inspired by the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, premiered at the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival in the Horizons Extra sidebar, where it won the Audience Award.