Life and a Day

Life and a Day (Persian: ابد و یک روز, romanized: Abad-o Yek Rouz) is a 2016 Iranian drama film written and directed by Saeed Roustaee.^[1] The film screened for the first time at the 34th Fajr Film Festival and earned 10 nominations and received 7 awards.^[2]

Life and a Day
Directed by	Saeed Roustaee
Written by	Saeed Roustaee
Produced by	Saeid Malekan
Starring	Payman Maadi Amir Salehian Navid Mohammadzadeh Parinaz Izadyar Rima Raminfar Shirin Yazdanbakhsh Masomeh Rahmani Mehdi Ghorbani
Cinematography	Ali Ghazi
Edited by	Bahram Dehghan
Music by	Omid Raiesdana
Release dates	2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) (Fajr Film Festival) 16 March 2016 (2016-03-16) (Iran)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

It was released on March 16, 2016, in Iran theatrically.^[3]

Premise

Somayeh (Parinaz Izadyar), the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.

Cast

• Payman Maadi as Morteza
• Amir Salehian as Amir Life and a Day (2016) ⭐ 8.2 | Drama
• Navid Mohammadzadeh as Mohsen
• Parinaz Izadyar as Somayeh
• Rima Raminfar as Shahnaz
• Shirin Yazdanbakhsh as Mother
• Hojjat Hassanpour as Javad
• Masomeh Rahmani as Leila
• Mehdi Ghorbani as Navid^[4]

Awards and nominations

Film actors at the closing ceremony of the 34th Fajr Film Festival

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
2015	Fajr International Film Festival	Best Film	Saeid Malekan	Nominated	[5]
		Best director	Saeed Roustayi	Won
		Best Actor	Payman Maadi	Nominated
		Best Actress	Parinaz Izadyar	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Shirin Yazdanbakhsh	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Navid Mohammadzadeh	Won
		Best Screenwriter	Saeed Roustayi	Won
		Best Editor	Bahram Dehghani	Won
		Best Sound Recording	Amin Mirshekari and Alireza Alavian	Nominated
		Best Makeup and Hairstyling	Saeid Malekan	Won
		Audience Award Best Film
	Fajr International Film Festival (new view section)	Best Film
		Best Director	Saeed Roustayi	Won
2016	Hafez Awards	Best Film	Saeid Malekan	Won	[6]
		Best Director	Saeed Roustayi	Nominated
		Best Actress	Parinaz Izadyar	Won
			Shabnam Moghaddami	Nominated
		Best Actor	Payman Maadi	Nominated
			Navid Mohammadzadeh	Won
		Best Screenwriter	Saeed Roustayi	Won
		Best artistic achievement	Bahram Dehghani (Editing)	Won
			Saeid Malekan (Makeup)	Nominated
			Amin Mirshekari and Alireza Alavian (Sound)	Nominated
	Iran Cinema Celebration	Best Film	Saeid Malekan	Nominated	[7]
		Best Director	Saeed Roustayi	Won
		Best Actor	Payman Maadi	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Navid Mohammadzadeh	Won
		Best Screenwriter	Saeed Roustayi	Won
		Best Editor	Bahram Dehghani	Won
		Best Makeup and Hairstyling	Saeid Malekan	Nominated
		Best Production Design	Mohsen Nasrolahi	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Ghazale Motamed	Won
		Best Sound Recording	Amin Mirshekari	Won
		Best Sound Recording and Mix	Alireza Alavian	Nominated
	Iranian Film Critics and Writers Association	Best Film	Saeid Malekan	Won	[8]
		Best Director	Saeed Roustayi	Won
		Best Screenwriter		Won
		Best Actor	Payman Maadi	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Navid Mohammadzadeh	Won
		Best Actress	Parinaz Izadyar	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Shirin Yazdanbakhsh	Nominated
			Shabnam Moghaddami	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Ali Tabatabaei	Nominated
		Best Score	Omid Raees Dana	Nominated
		Best Editor	Bahram Dehghani	Nominated
		Best Production Design	Mohsen Nasrolahi	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Ghazale Motamed	Nominated
		Best Sound Recording	Amin Mirshekari and Alireza Alavian	Nominated
		Creativity and brilliant talent award	(Special for the first filmmakers)/Saeed Roustayi	Nominated
		The best technical achievement	Saeid Malekan (Makeup)	Won
2017	Urban International Film Festival	Best Film	Saeid Malekan	Won	[5]
		Best Actress	Parinaz Izadyar	Nominated
		Best Actor	Navid Mohammadzadeh	Nominated
		Best Director	Saeed Roustayi	Nominated
		Best Screenwriter	Saeed Roustayi	Nominated
	Iranian Film Festival Australia	Best Film	Saeid Malekan	Won	[9]
	Geneva International Film Festival	Best Film		Won	[10]
	Gijón International Film Festival	Best Film		Won	[11]
	Dhaka International Film Festival	Best Screenwriter	Saeed Roustayi	Won