Leila, Iranian judo champion, can win the World Championships but right before the final the order comes from the Supreme Leader to stop: the fact that she will have to fight with an Israeli athlete is unacceptable for the power of Tehran. Leila has to fake an injury and abandon it, and if she goes ahead there will be serious consequences for her and for her family, her husband, her son who also follow her there, in Tbilisi in this important race, and for her coach she.
Tatamiwhich was presented in the Orizzonti section of the last Venice Film Festival, was born from the collaboration between Zar Amir Ebrahimi, an Iranian actress awarded in Cannes for Holy Spider, directed for the first time by the Israeli director Guy Nattiv, inspired by several cases that occurred in the past with Iranian athletes who never went back after a few races. The two directors, in a black and white film that looks to the genres of political thriller and sports movie, try to translate their narrative into as universal a key as possible. What happens outside the competition tatami is suggested in the tensions that take shape there, in the effort of muscles, nerves, in the precise gestures.
I AM the two female protagonists fight, but one, Leila, unlike her trainer (Zar Amir Ebrahimi herself) does not want to give in. Her obstinacy follows precise geometries, defined rules that deal with risks, and which progressively in this individual gesture affirm a potentially collective one: the need for a revolt for a freedom that belongs to everyone.
2024-04-03 22:09:01
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