Drowning in Holy Water explained

Drowning in Holy Water (Persian: مردن در آب مطهر, romanized: Mordan dar abe motahhar) is a 2020 Iranian drama film directed and written by Navid Mahmoudi and produced by Jamshid Mahmoudi.^{[1] [2]} The film screened for the first time at the 38th Fajr Film Festival and received 2 nominations.^{[3] [4]}

Cast

• Matin Heydarinia as Hamed
• Ali Shadman as Sohrab
• Neda Jebraeili as Setareh
• Sadaf Asgari as Rona
• Alireza Ara as Nader
• Sogol Khaligh as Afghan immigrant girl
• Amirreza Ranjbaran as Afghan immigrant boy
• Mahtab Jafari as Afghan immigrant girl
• Khayam Vaghar as Rona's brother
• Peiman Moghadami as Human trafficker
• Farid Eshaqi as Police
• Fatemeh Shokri as Miss Lili
• Alireza Mehran as Ghaffar
• Keyvn Beygi as Amir
• Mohammad Ali Entezarian as Costumer
• Fatemeh Mirzaei
• Mahya Rezayi^[5]

Reception

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2021	Asian Film Festival Barcelona	Panorama Section Award (Best Film)	Navid Mahmoudi
2020	Busan International Film Festival	Kim Ji Seok Award	Navid Mahmoudi
2020	Fajr Film Festival	Best Actor	Ali Shadman
		Best Actress	Neda Jebraeili
2022	Malaysia International Film Festival	Best Film	Jamshid Mahmoudi
		Best Actress	Neda Jebraeili
		Best Supporting Actor	Matin Heydarinia
		New Hope Award	Navid Mahmoudi

References

1. Web site: 2019-10-15. فیلمبرداری "مردن در آب مطهر" تمام شد/ آغاز تدوین. 2022-01-03. خبرگزاری مهر اخبار ایران و جهان Mehr News Agency. fa.
2. Web site: 2019-10-15. پایان فیلمبرداری "مُردن در آب مطهر". 2022-01-03. ایسنا. fa.
3. Web site: 2021-12-01. "مردن در آب مطهر" در استکهلم جایزه گرفت. 2022-01-03. خبرآنلاین. fa.
4. Web site: 2021-01-09. همه چیز درباره فیلم مردن در آب مطهر. 2022-01-03. ایمنا. fa.
5. Web site: شهرآرانیوز. January 4, 2021 . نگاهی به فیلم "مردن در آب مطهر"، ساخته برادران محمودی. 2022-01-03. fa. fa.