The Witness (2025)
1h 40m
Running Time
April 25, 2025Release Date
The Witness (2025)
1h 40m
Running Time
April 25, 2025Release Date
Network & Production Companies
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
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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.