WHISPER MY NAME
Whisper My Name
(Ziba Seda-yam Kon)
Directed by: Rasoul Sadrameli
Written by: Arash Sadeghbeigi, Milad Sadrameli, Mohammad Reza Sadrameli
Based on the Book, CALL ME ZIBA, by Farhad Hassanzadeh
Producer: Seyed Maziyar Hashemi
DoP: Saman Lotfian
Editor: Bahram Dehghani
Production Designer: Amir Hossein Ghodsi
Costume Designer: Hoda Mirzaie
Music: Christophe Rezai
Sound: Alireza Alavian
Make-up: Azim Farayen
Visual Effects: Farid Nazer Fasihi
Cast: Amin Hayai (Khosro), Juliette Rezai (Ziba), Mehran Ghafourian (Khalil), Setareh Pesiani (Mrs. Azhir).
Iran, 2025, DCP, Color, 2.39:1, 5:1, 108 mins.
Synopsis:
It’s Ziba’s birthday… For a teenage, student working girl, living in a dormitory, with no bonds to her parents, it is a dream to move to a room of her own. She’s struggling to find a path to be independent, but everything becomes even more complicated when her dad, Khosro, shows up. He has escaped from a psychiatric hospital to celebrate the special day with his daughter…
Director’s View:
Everywhere in the world, you can find the lonely youngsters trapped in the chambers of poverty and family problems. In some countries, there are also some other elements in discussion – for example, tradition and obligation. But we have to move forward to make the world a better place for them. We must find a way to connect to them. It seems, in order to fade the gap between the generations, we have no choice but making dialogue with each other, understanding each other and learning to love each other…
Director’s Profile:
Born in Isfahan in 1953, Rasoul Sadrameli began his career as a journalist and then won the scholarship for studying sociology in France. He returned to Iran and produced Amir Ghavidel’s RAIN of BLOOD in 1981. One year later, Sadrameli directed his debut feature, THE RELEASE, which was followed by some of the box- office hits of the Iranian film industry – including THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS (an award-winning melodrama at Fajr and Pyongyang) and PAIZAN. His international breakthrough came with highly-acclaimed THE GIRL IN THE SNEAKERS which won many awards in prestigious film festivals as Berlin and Cairo. With the triumph of I’M TARANEH, 15 in Locarno and Rennes, he gained much more recognition in world cinema. His film, MY SECOND YEAR IN COLLEAGE entered main competitive section in Moscow and won the Best Actress Award.
As the managing director of MILAD FILM (a film production and distribution company), he has made many documentaries for TV and for his own company during these years. Sadrameli has also served as a jury member in numerous international and national film festivals.
Feature Films: 1982- The Release; 1983-The Chrysanthemums, 1987-Paizan; 1991- The Victim; 1992- Tehran Symphony; 1999- The Girl in the Sneakers; 2002- I’m Taraneh, 15; 2005- Last Night I Saw Your Dad, Aida!; 2008- The Night; 2008- Every Night, Loneliness; 2011- Living With The Closed Eyes; 2012- Waiting For Miracle; 2019- My Second Year in College; 2025- Whisper My Name.
