Today (2014 film)

Today is a 2014 Iranian drama film directed by Reza Mirkarimi. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.^[1] It was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.^[2][3]

Today
Film poster
Directed by	Reza Mirkarimi
Written by	Reza Mirkarimi Shadmehr Rastin
Produced by	Reza Mirkarimi
Starring	Parviz Parastui Soheila Golestani
Cinematography	Hooman Behmanesh
Edited by	Reza Mirkarimi
Music by	Amin Honarmand
Distributed by	iFILM Production
Release date	7 February 2014 (2014-02-07)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

Plot

Cast

• Parviz Parastui as Younes
• Soheila Golestani
• Shabnam Moghaddami
• Roozbeh Hesari
• Ashkan Jenabi
• Hesam Mahmoudi
• Ava Sharifi

Reception

In a review for Variety, Dennis Harvey wrote,"Taking its cue from that no-nonsense protag (and in contrast to the atypically rich palate of Mirkarimi’s previous film, A Cube of Sugar), Today is terse and unadorned in nearly all aspects. That rigor lends slow-burning impact to a story (and in particular an ending) that might easily have been played for mawkish sentimentality. Houman Behmanesh’s crisp lensing is the dominant element in the professionally assembled package; there’s no music at all until a bedside conversation provides some belated emotional release for the two leads, its poignancy aptly underlined by Amin Honarmand’s score."^[4]

See also

• List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Iranian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film