Tatami
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Festival
Mon 28 Apr 25
20:00
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28 Apr20:00WaregemCC De Schakel
Despite its clear political and feminist undertones, ‘Tatami’ is also a compelling and thrilling sports film. The black-and-white visuals and the graceful movements of the judokas raise the film to a higher aesthetic level.
Iranian judoka Leila and her coach Maryam travel to the Judo World Championship with the aim of winning Iran's first-ever gold medal. Leila is on track to do it, but tensions rise when she faces an Israeli judoka. She receives a clear instruction from the Iranian regime: "Feign an injury and forfeit the match”, forcing her into an impossible dilemma.
- direction
- Zar Amir Ebrahimi
- cast
- Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Arienne Mandi, Jaime Ray Newman
- duration
- 105 min
- year
- 2023
- country
- Georgia
- language
- English
- Subtitles
- Frensh, Dutch
'A riveting tale of women versus men, athletes versus government agents, and freedom versus oppression.' - The Hollywood Reporter