Tatami movie storyline. The film follows Iranian female judoka Leila (Arienne Mandi) and her coach Maryam (Zar Amir Ebrahimi), who travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. This includes a possible encounter with an Israeli athlete, something that the Mullah regime prohibits.
Midway through the competition, Leila and her coach receive repeated threats from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and drop out of the tournament. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila faces a difficult choice: feign injury and comply with the Iranian regime as Maryam implores her to do, or defy them both and fight on, for the gold.
Tatami is a 2023 film directed by Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Ebrahimi, from a screenplay by Nattiv and Elham Erfani. It stars Arienne Mandi, Ebrahimi, Jaime Ray Newman, Ash Goldeh and Sina Parvaneh. It had its World premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2023. and its Asian premiere at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival on October 25, 2023. It was also screened in the 19th Zurich Film Festival[13] on October 2, 2023. In February 2024, XYZ Films acquired US distribution rights to the film.
Tatami (2023)
by: Guy Nattiv, Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Starring: Arienne Mandi, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Jaime Ray Newman, Nadine Marshall, Lirr Katz, Ash Goldeh, Sina Parvaneh, Valeriu Andriuță, Mehdi Bajestani, Farima Habashizadeha, Elham Erfani
Screenplay by: Elham Erfani, Guy Nattiv
Production Design by: Archil Damenia
Cinematography by: Todd Martin
Film Editing by: Yuval Orr
Costume Design by: Sofia Iosebidze
Music by: Jonathan Feurich, Lukas Lindner
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: XYZ Films (US)
Release Date: September 2, 2023 (Venice)
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