THE OATH
(2019)
A FILM BY MOHSEN TANABANDEH
THE OATH
(Ghasam)
Writer & Director: Mohsen Tanabandeh
Director of Photography: Touraj Aslani
Editor: Khashayar Movahedian
Music: Yahya Sepehri Shakib
Sound recorder: Mehdi Ebrahimzadeh
Cast: Mahnaz Afshar, Saeed Aghakhani, Hassan Pourshirazi, Mehran Ahmadi
Producer: Elham Ghafouri, Jalil Shabani
85min, 2K, 2019, Color
Synopsis
A woman, hell-bent on avenging her sister’s murder, takes 50 men and women from her family on a bus trip to another town for them all to take an oath in front of a judge declaring her brother-in-law as the murderer. But the road has so many twists and turns.
Bio-Filmography
Born in 1975 in Tehran, Mohsen Tanabandeh is an actor, screenwriter and director. He is a graduate of Acting from Art and Architecture University and started his career in 1992 in theatre. The Oath is his second feature film.
| Guinness | 2015 |
| The Oath | 2019 |
Festivals and Awards
- 32th Tokyo International Film Festival, October 28 - November 5 2019, Tokyo – Japan (Asian Future Competition Section)
- 9th Iranian Film Festival Australia, 24 October – 20 November 2019, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra – Australia
- Cyrus Int’l Film Festival, 22 – 28 November 2019, Toronto – Canada (Winner of Best Film and Best Script awards)
- 18th Dhaka Int’l Film Festival, 11 – 19 January 2020, Dhaka – Bangladesh (Asian Films Competition Section)