No Hard Feelings (2020)

Second-generation Irani-German Parvis works at a refugee shelter where he meets brother and sister Irani refugees and develops a tenuous romance with Amon as his friends attempt refugee status.

Director:

Faraz Shariat

Writers:

Faraz Shariat (screenplay), Paulina Lorenz (screenplay)

Stars:

Benny Radjaipour, Banafshe Hourmazdi, Eidin Jalali

4 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Benny Radjaipour	...	Parvis Joon
Banafshe Hourmazdi	...	Banafshe
Eidin Jalali	...	Amon
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Knut Berger	...	Robert
Niels Bormann	...	Stefan
Katarina Gaub	...	Ärztin
Hadi Khanjanpour	...	Ahmed
Vanessa Loibl	...	Stefanie
Paul Lux	...	Julian
Sevil Mokhtare	...	Frau Mahrvan
Abak Safaei-Rad	...	Maretta
Jürgen Vogel	...	Jan
Armin Wahedi Yeganeh	...	Rasul
Maryam Zaree	...	Mina

Storyline

Parvis, the son of exiled Iranians, was caught shoplifting. He is sentenced to community service at a refugee shelter where he meets the siblings Banafshe and Amon, who have fled Iran. As a romantic attraction between Parvis and Amon grows, the fragile relationship between the three is put to the test.

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Plot Keywords:

refugee | gay interest | gay | immigrant | community service | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The parents of Parvis (the protagonist of the film) are played by the parents of writer/director Faraz Shariat.

User Reviews

Love in a German refugee center

The German film Futur Drei was shown in the U.S. with the title No Hard Feelings (2020). (For some reason, IMDb lists the title as Wir. No explanation.) The movie was co-written and directed by Faraz Shariat.

Benny Radjaipour plays Parvis Joon, a young man of Iranian descent, who was born in Germany. For a relatively trivial offense he is sentenced to 120 hours of community service, which he completes at a refugee center.

Banafshe Hourmazdi as Banafshe and Eidin Jalali as Amon are brother and sister refugees, who live in the center and are seeking asylum in Germany. Amon and Parvis are gay, and they fall in love.

The plot of the movie tries to answer the difficult question of whether love is possible in the context of a pending forcible return to a country where gays are under attack.

I thought the movie was excellent and the entire film was clearly the work of a talented director and talented actors.

We saw this movie as part of Rochester's wonderful ImageOut LGBTQ Film Festival. (Shown virtually.) The movie has a borderline IMDb rating of 6.9. I thought it was much better than that, and rated it 9.

Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German Persian Arabic

Release Date:

24 September 2020 (Germany)

Also Known As:

No Hard Feelings

Filming Locations:

Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jünglinge Film, Jost Hering Filmproduktion, Iconoclast Germany

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1