The Witness (2025)
1h 40m
Running Time
April 25, 2025Release Date
The Witness (2025)
1h 40m
Running Time
April 25, 2025Release 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

Jafar Panahi
Writer / Editor

Said Nur Akkuş
Producer

Silvana Santamaria
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
Media.




Details.
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.