A Bit of Light

Kami Nour

Director: Ali Asgari
Country: Iran, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Turkey

2026 | 87 min. | Persian
Subtitles: German, English

Cast_ Misagh Zareh, Sadaf Asgari, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Ramtin Daghigh, Mina Rahimzadeh Screenplay_ Ali Asgari, Shadmehr Rastin Camera_ Iman Tahsin Producer_ Milad Khosravi Rights_ Salaud Morisset

The brutality of the regime causes a doctor to lose all faith in the future and he decides to end his life. The Iranian film of the moment!

What outlook is left for the Iranian people who do not stand with the regime and must contend with terror and arbitrary repression? After getting arrested and having his medical practice in Tehran shut down, a completely disillusioned doctor decides to end his life. To spare his loved ones the shock that awaits them, he resolves to tell them about his decision.

Filmed during the war in Iran, ›A Bit of Light‹ is a profound, deeply humane film about love, connection, and the glimmer of hope that exists in the darkness.

Director

The multi-award-winning films of 42-year-old Iranian director Ali Asgari explore repression, censorship, and the overwhelming power of bureaucracy in his country. His work depicts acts of resistance and moral dilemmas. In 2024, his film ›Terrestrial Verses‹ won the top prize in the most prestigious sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival. ›A Bit of Light‹ screened in competition at the Venice Film Festival.

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