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9/10
Superb
Marwan-Bob17 February 2020
Damn this is good, Pure Drama, An excellent depiction of poverty, Addiction and struggle in modern-day Iran, I highly Recommend it.
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8/10
On the Edge...
Xstal15 April 2023
Somayeh's found a way to make a leap, from the destitution her family's buried deep, it's an arrangement, there's no desire, no spark or glue or love or fire, but it takes her to a place off the scrapheap. It's a choice that causes chaos and confusion, as she's a pivotal part of the family institution, how will they cope when she has left, although they'll all feel quite bereft, but she's always made substantial contribution.

It's a wonderful piece of filmmaking with some top drawer performances that leave you under no illusion of what poverty and drug addiction can lead to. The story flows seamlessly, the dialogue is raw and realistic, as with the rest of this directors films, it drops you into a world you could hardly imagine, a world of people living on the edge.
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9/10
Dont go Somayye!
saeedmilani7 June 2019
A complete drum and, in all sense, one of the best Iranian films, thanks to the dear Saeed Rustayi for making a good and lasting effect, forever and one day, a flip. It's a lie to remind us of a forgotten class. The buried class is under the rubbish of misery and poverty, and of addiction and dangers, and ....... But the most controversial and, most of all, the most golden, The dialogue is the one where Morteza said loudly to everyone: "Anyone can, and there is no shortage of lesser dogs, every time they go and get back from the dog less, less." This dialogue is tapped in the face of the audience.
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10/10
I highly recommend this movie to everyone who like to see how an impoverished life can be in the Capital of Iran.
alirezasalehniya17 January 2017
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I highly recommend this movie to everyone who like to see how an impoverished life can be in the Capital of Iran. In a world that we all like to see the glory, this movie shows us that there is another side. A side in which you are destined to fight, in a world that you have to stand on your feet. this movie is not a story of love but a story of persons who never found and could find love because of poverty, girls that were beautiful but no one sought them because their family was so poor. Boys who had become addicted because of pain and couldn't get rid of their addiction even when they were trampled under the strains of insults. yes this the story of poverty. this a story of a little smart boy whose only hope within its struggling family is his all-embracing and kind sister who he might lose.
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10/10
Best
zeadnuri16 May 2019
I highly recommend this!. As much as you can you should watch this.
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8/10
Amazing Movie!!
alzydgr13 June 2019
I highly recommend this movie to everyone who like to see how an impoverished life can be in Tehran.
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10/10
A superb depiction of poverty, family unity and struggle in modern-day Iran
First-Time director Saeid Roustayi captures Iranian culture, the current poverty epidemic that everyday Iranians face from a realistic standpoint. The performances, story and cinematography all allow us a realistic glimpse into this family, whose dealing with many issues. The film touches on a lot of Iranian taboos and cultural fallbacks on a surface level, and delves deep into others. The family business is struggling, one brother is addicted (solid performance from Navid Mohammadzadeh), another sister doesn't marry (big deal in iranian culture), one is divorced, and another plans to be married off to supposedly wealthy Afghan. The main character, portrayed brilliantly by Peyman Moaadi struggles to make wise business and family decisions, and it becomes taxing.

For fans of Iran's realist movement should watch this. I felt like this accurately captured Iranian culture, while also posing vital questions about the situations.
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10/10
Good movie
behhbahri3 July 2019
One of the best movies i i had ever seen,this is not all of iran
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9/10
Amazing, realistic and beautiful.
SameirAli15 December 2021
This is an extremely good realistic movie about a family and it's miserable members. If you don't understand Persian language, you may find it little difficult to read the subtitle and keep up the fast moving documentary style visuals at the same time. But, as the film progress, it's amazing, you will get into it completely. Each character is well defined, there is no good or bad, everything is situation driven. This is the reason I love Iranian films so much. Amazing job on the acting as well.
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The newest addition to Iran's Realist movement in filmmaking
hideous_stranger27 March 2016
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Life + 1 Day is the directorial debut for young screenwriter and director Saeed Roostaei, whose film is well-written and well-crafted with stellar performances from most of the cast. The plot (if you could call it that) is about the youngest girl in a poverty-stricken family in Tehran who's contemplating whether she should leave her family to marry a rich Afghan or to stay with them and continue her mostly-futile attempts to mend her broken family. Her older brother, Morteza, who's a recovering addict urges her to leave, while her younger brother, Mohsen, who's still a user, implores her to stay and not give up on her family.

In my opinion, the film certainly has its moments. In one scene, the two brothers argue over whether Morteza has received money from the Afghan suitor and is supporting the marriage for his own financial gain. The chemistry between Moaadi and Mohammadzadeh is unbelievable, and the dialog fuels the drama in a powerful way.

My problem with Life + 1 Day is two-fold: first, it's structure: the film has divided its attention among all characters, and in doing so, it has spread itself too thin. We see a family of 8 and we are given a glimpse into the life and problems of each and every one. At the end of the day, the film is about all of the characters. I think to do justice to all of them, the film would have needed much more runtime.

My second issue is with the rampant melodrama during the whole film. It's like listening to an opera with the soprano screaming her lungs out the entire piece. I'm not saying the scenarios are contrived or the sequences are not believable. My point is that for the drama to really kick in, you need to have the "downs" as well as the "ups". The characters of this story are constantly screaming, quibbling or shedding tears! There is a sequence, where the family celebrates their youngest brother's remarkable grades or a sequence where they take a family picture together. Sequences like these would've better established the "normal" pace of daily life and then, as a result, the more dramatic sequences would have hit the audiences (especially international ones who may be less familiar with the culture of Iranian families) even harder.

Overall, I'm personally happy with the direction Iran's school of Realism in cinema has taken in recent years and look forward to Roostaei's future films. Afterall, he's only 26. I can't imagine what movies he'll be making by the time he's 40!
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7/10
Good movie? YES. Enjoyable? NO
Re1nard2 March 2022
I really want to like this movie but I can't. The actings are top-notch. The story is interesting. However, I cannot stand the ambience. It is gloomy and dark from start to finish. Always yelling, arguing, yelling, crying, so on and so forth.

This really makes me think, is this the real daily life in Iran? Where people keep arguing on everything, even on the simple things!

After watching this movie, I feel so tired and on the other hand, I feel lucky not to have these kind of problems.
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8/10
The story of 6 brothers and sisters, all struggling in their own ways...
danumi2217 September 2017
The acting is just fabulous - I especially loved Payman Moadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, and Parinaz Izadyar. But I have to say the story was a little too dark for my taste! Towards the end of the movie, I just wanted to bang my head into the wall! And that's why I give it 8 stars. But all in all, wow, just wow!
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7/10
Self-made eternal condemnation:
mhm_137127 March 2016
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I didn't like Life +1Day. It isn't a bad film, but it's a passive film. There's a sequence on the film that Somayeh asks from Morteza: "What is Life +1Day?" And Morteza responded her Life +1Day means eternal condemnation without any forgiveness. Also The film Characters have been sentenced to live in this kind of terrible and hopeless life. But the annoying thing is that they don't do any attempt to get out of this kind of living.

The story revolves around Somayeh, She's a kind and selfless girl. She accepted to married with a rich Afghan man (nazir) for his brother Morteza who want to open a new fast food Shop and begin a new life with her lover with the money receive from groom instead of this wedding. Another people in this house (read: life) look at this issue from different angles, and the similarity in their looking is passivity.

Azam left this house Because she wants to end her misery, but she continually returns to this house. But I don't understand why she doesn't help to solve the finance issue of his family even though she receives her husband blood money every month and goes to Dubai and Kish island for entertainment and wants to register for a new expensive car.

Mohsen clearly says he isn't able to leave his addiction and wants to sell more Methamphetamine for paying to Nazir and survive his sister from this unwilling arranged marriage.

Shahnaz think about the money that she wants to receive from a person who injured the face of her son, because she can rent a new house near this house (read: this life) by this blood money.Maybe she decided to come back home for the lack of her absent husband.

Leila already has determined their fate and she sees their future like Azam , Shanaz, or thousands girls that only reason of their marriage is fear of remaining without husband.

Also there is passive treatment in mother behavior. She hides some Methamphetamine to give to Mohsen for selling it and handle his expenses.

And Morteza is the most dangerous person. In another sequence on the film he said:" everyone who stay in this home is dog, and everyone go and come back is less than dog." But he doesn't try to leave this home and wants to send Somayeh to Afghanestan and Mohsen to camp, because he decides to start a new life in this home with his lover.

Even Somayeh is a passive person. When Navid asked her: "why do you want to leave us?" she said: 'I want to go because I think the fear of losing me make a reason to another family member to live such as ordinary people.'

And the last family member is Navid, genius fatherless boy. He seemingly sacrifices in these social and family problems. But I think he is the sacrifice of passivity.

By Hossein Aghaee.
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10/10
completely engrossing & captivating
aminifatimaaa9 December 2018
'We all die one day, don't worry, no one has ever been left alive". Life + 1 day is about dysfunctional, shattered family who are overwhelmed by fear as the youngest daughter of the family is getting married. The characters come to life through the dialogue, confrontations, and realistic situations. The acting was very raw and impressive. This heart-wrenching drama is a must see.
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10/10
on of the best iranian movies
alishirani-2164014 June 2020
I love this movie very much and acting navid mohammadzadeh and peyman maadi is fantastic . if you want to see a good iranian movie , i Proposal this movie
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10/10
A diamond
nsiolios19 January 2021
Perhaps you will find that in the beginning the movie has so fast dialogues. And it continues through out all of the movie. So if you are foreigner (like me ) you will find difficult to catch all from the subtitles and perhaps you will say not worth to see. But if you insist, sooner or later you will start to understand the beauty of the movie. It needs to see at least one more time to start seeing all the surrounding that you missed first time by looking at the subtitles. The characters are so good in their roles! The photography unbelievable! you will enjoy seeing it again the next day. I had years to see a such moving movie.
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10/10
Best movie after a long time in Iran
MiladAbolghasemi26 February 2017
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"Life and a day" is a recurring story heard that repeatedly by other filmmaker's sense making a feature film. The story of a low level family, which is located with the arrival of a suitor and the surrounding issues that this does happen, the spectator's Guide to the dark world of this family and their lives against the audience's eyes. But the major difference is "forever and a day" with other works that have been made, however, and the atmosphere that this is a good story and characters to Director that story it is known to occur.

Saeed — rural which rarely can be found in a search, the 26 year old Director of character-filled number good story and true to the extent that fostered an audience with comfort and pain and discomfort of their Become a mental pain can be in the audience when watching movie.

The script of "forever and a day" can be easily among the best screenplay of recent years in Iranian cinema. The shooting script and the script to the character, much pay and standard size. Fortunately the Director well understand that this narrative is the story of guys no white and black city down them. These people have a common pain, but never to reach their goals is a scary Monster. Other controversial features acclaimed movies can be found in the character of the child searched for personality; that unlike the dark space and dark story, quite a gifted filmmaker and with it gives this message to the community that the clever people belonging To handle a specific class or do not have the best community of personification of the movie belongs to Mohsen (played by Navid Mohammad Zadeh).

The young man junkie that, although intense addiction to a drug dealer, and a history of capitalism, but his love to remind family members of the haunted and among the fights with his brother, Morteza (Treaty of Maadi) Always remind him that should not marry such a situation with somayeh. Sexy brother and sister m. and somayeh especially in the final third of the film is a brilliant sequence Mohsen are conjure somayeh, spectacular and influential and is directed by a well detailed also said rural from this position Becker, has created a lasting moment.

One of the best features of "forever and a day" can be used to depict the problem of addiction. A problem that in recent years over and over again in the cinema of the talk but never has so much for tangible and understandable lack of audience e. Young film director instead of portraying a stereotypical situations of the individual, the person addicted introduces the problem that causes the addiction away from her family gathering. In one of the influential film scene, family members are dancing and stomp, but Mohsen in the yard alone has been a better sample of Stomp, somayeh are taking pictures when the collective, m. to Rather than being on the side of the family, at the top of the stairs meets up apart from the others. The village is well managed with complete dominance, the most influential image of addiction in Iranian cinema in the last few year's draws. But "forever and a day" despite the significant cohesion that's in the script, there was also that with a bit of accuracy and reload it. Including these errors bring up snippets of stories that is easily abandon is not specified correctly, and that the reason they put forward what was e. Including this retail stories, the story of the image struck sister scarring that is minutes from the movie m to itself, but its relation to the core of the film is not specified or strange behaviors that sister somayah cats Brought up to the damaged house for maintenance of their revenues, this character has always been angry, but her life is less to the filmmaker goes to understand her pain for this size of anger.

"Life and a day" in the acting Department is without doubt one of the best of Iranian cinema in recent years goes to the cast of the film, the best play to date for themselves has to offer. The Treaty of Maadi which is specifically the best movie actor, in the role of m to the complete lack of sophistication he donation Phoenix and remains one of the ambiguities of the thirty-fourth Fajr Film Festival goes to. Navid Mohammad Zadeh in the role of Mohsen mastery of their play on display and it is a pity the spectator on intentions. How the izadyar are also the most well managed during her acting role-playing video somayeh mzlomaneh of drawing and spectators are concerned the fate of this character. Other complementary cast films including Shabnam Moghadami and shirin yazdan bakhsh is also well after roles that they have been fulfilled. "Life and a day" is a work that is spectacular and its puzzle are properly arranged next to each other. "Forever and a day" news of the emergence of gifted and clever film called Saeed in Iranian cinema. 26 years of filmmaking in which mastery on directing, screenplay and play to such an extent that the ballast of actors shocked to conquer together. "Forever and a day" in the years ahead could be easily on a worthy representative of Iranian cinema in the Oscars 2017.
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10/10
sensational and fast, a lot more valuable than one time watching
aminshehny2 October 2017
this film is the first time Saeed Roostaee made his long movie, considering that,this could be a pleasing accident to the Iranian's cinema. making fast, quick but effective rhythms which fits exactly right in the action of switching between dark and hopeful themes of the camera , with nice Decoupaged Miseenscenes turned this dark drama even more comfortable and attractive to watch. considerable act of Parinaz Izadyar as the character of Somayeh, transfers the true concept of her role on the scenario as the second mother of the family, the origin of kindness which brings hope to a poor family and balances the tragic power of film by proposing a solution to the major disappointing scenes , armed with every kind of art to brings his theory to the every edge of director's frame. so if you have some time and you're ready to feel some impressing drama , here you are.
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10/10
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alireza-akhlaghi8416 March 2018
We did not experience. We only appeared as a viewer. It was not necessary to be same like that because it was perceptible and tangible for almost every kind of audience. It's as if somewhere near us is happening or has already happened. We laughed, we cried and judged, as a viewer. Anger effect was certain. When the film came to an end, need for free space and review step by step of the movie, complete a significant movie effect. As for the characters in the story, it's enough that the audience finally concludes that, despite the apparent faults of the characters, no one is to blame and all the faults should be left to fate. All characters are a function of the conditions. But I think that, beyond these reactions, the demand for the film was something else. The film asked us to make an identification instead of judging. Asked us to understand what the dangers of the crowded family are struggling with poverty. The film asked us to hear the words of Mohsen (Navid Mohammadzadeh), despite the fact that audience translated he is an abnormal obscurity brutish in the first place. But Pain of not understand. A misunderstanding of past generations that portrays itself in the form of a crowded family, to show abnormalities that the family faces today, and to portray itself as a extremist, conservative, and fearless personality. Laughter sequences from the bottom and crying from the bottom in the cinema had a confusing atmosphere that showed real effect. The film's cinematic experience was specific to one of the spectators in the last quarter continued with a cigarette. Others were melting in a way that someone did not attention to an angry viewer and his cigarette's bad smell. at the end: Our cinema really needs such as this films. Films that really push audiences dumb or into a deep inside challanging and push into judging and not doing space.
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10/10
One of best iranian movies
cinemabeauty-4339021 November 2021
This movie is one of best iranian movies. Navid mohamad zade's and peyman moadi's is very good acting in this movie. And story is so wonderful and powerful and if you want watch great iranian movies you must watch this movie.
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8/10
Superb plot and performances
goudarzsalehi8 January 2023
The plot of this movie covers many taboos in Iranian culture with a skilful story. The story of survival of a family of A mother( very sick, old and in need of assistance for survival) a widow daughter, another divorced daughter another daughter who has no suitor , another daughter who is about to marry to start a life an addict son and another desperate son . The only ray of hope if the youngest son who is smart. They all live in poverty and in the same rundown house. The youngest daughter who is getting married I the only sensible, responsible person in the household and everyone is freaking out, since they are miserably dependent on her.

Plot combines this relationship perfectly. Performance of the main characters ( Peyman maadi as Moteza, Ms. Parinaz Izadyar as Somaye, and Navid Mohammadzade as Mohsen) is fantastic. The plot depicts the poverty, dis function , taboos, treatment of the women as the subversive persons, superbly. This is a must see movie.h.
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9/10
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amirhoseinahg3 February 2022
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It is his day and forever, he has not paid homage to anyone and has not blindly imitated the best of this genre. Rural directing skills are based on his writing experiences, which is why we are on the side of a film that has good acting, is accurate and detailed in its sequences, but its script needs to be retouched. There are two or three more important characters in the film, and the rest have something to say in their own way, but they all revolve around themselves from the beginning to the end of the film and make very little effort to advance the story. The situations they create are spectacular, but if we remove them, nothing happens to the main body of the story. Saeed Roustaei can envision a very bright future if he can fill these gaps in his later work and, in addition to keeping the quality of directing high, write a tighter, more structured script.
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