{"id":596076,"date":"2026-08-17T14:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/596076\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:18:13","slug":"iranian-director-ali-asgari-unveils-a-bit-of-light-first-clip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/596076\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Director Ali Asgari Unveils ‘A Bit of Light’ First Clip"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIranian director Ali Asgari, who was in Venice Horizons last year with dark satire \u201cDivine Comedy,\u201d will soon be back \u2014 in competition this time \u2014 with his new feature \u201cA Bit of Light<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tVariety is unveiling a first clip of the timely film, which is being sold internationally by France\u2019s Salaud Morisset and released by Teodora Film Distribuzione in Italy.<\/p>\n

\n\tSet in contemporary Iran,\u00a0\u201cA Bit of Light\u201d\u00a0follows a disillusioned doctor who, after being arrested and having his medical practice shut down, loses faith in the future. \u201cDetermined to end his life, he spends one final day visiting his siblings and mother to prepare them for his departure. Their compassion, care and companionship slowly reconcile him with reality,\u201d says the film\u2019s synopsis. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn the \u201cA Bit of Light\u201d clip, we see the film\u2019s protagonist engage in conversation with someone who is helping him remove plants from a room amid the thumping sound of helicopter blades overhead.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis Trump guy is threatening to bomb here every day,\u201d the person helping the doctor says. \u201cAnd these window panes are huge,\u201d he adds. \u201cGod forbid they should shatter and hurt you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film stars Misagh Zareh, Sadaf Asgari, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Ramtin Daghigh and Mina Rahimzadeh.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA Bit of Light\u201d\u00a0marks Asgari\u2019s sixth feature following\u00a0\u201cDisappearance\u201d (2017), which also premiered in Venice;\u00a0\u201cUntil Tomorrow\u201d (2022), presented at the Berlinale;\u00a0\u201cTerrestrial Verses\u201d (2023), selected for Cannes\u2019 Un Certain Regard;\u00a0\u201cHigher Than Acidic Clouds\u201d (2024), presented at IDFA; and\u00a0\u201cDivine Comedy,\u201d in Venice Horizons last year.\u00a0\u201cA Bit of Light\u201d\u00a0is Asgari\u2019s first film selected for Venice\u2019s main competition.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI have often wondered: when suffering becomes an inseparable part of our daily existence, what gives life its value? Can we ever separate our own existence from the lives of others? Are our choices truly only our own, or do they leave traces in the hearts and memories of those around us?\u201d Asgari said in his directors\u2019 statement.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLiving in Iran, where economic hardship, political uncertainty, and the constant shadow of war have become part of everyday life, I have witnessed how people continue to endure, to care for one another, and to create small moments of hope. Perhaps what allows us to keep going is not the absence of suffering, but the invisible connections that bind us together, the feeling that our existence is intertwined with the lives of others,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c\u2018A Bit of Light\u2019 explores the fragile space between despair and the quiet forces that keep us connected to life. Through ordinary gestures and seemingly insignificant encounters, it reveals how meaning can emerge from the smallest moments: an act of kindness, a familiar presence, a shared silence, or the gentle touch of a mother\u2019s hand,\u201d Asgari continued.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFor me, this film is not a story about sorrow, but about the invisible bonds that make life worth holding onto. Suffering may never disappear completely, and life may remain filled with uncertainty and injustice. But perhaps the value of life has never depended on the absence of pain. Perhaps it lies in our ability to love, to be loved, and in the traces we leave behind in the lives of others,\u201d the director concluded.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA Bit of Light\u201d is lead produced by Milad Khosravi\u2019s Seven Springs Pictures. The film\u2019s other producers are Sunny Independent Pictures, Zoe Films, Good Measure Productions, Haurvatat Film, MeMo Films,
Salt for Sugar Films and Avantika Singh Desbouvries.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the clip below. The Venice Film Festival<\/a> will run Sept. 2-12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iranian director Ali Asgari, who was in Venice Horizons last year with dark satire \u201cDivine Comedy,\u201d will soon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[252416,93,61,60,270,802],"class_list":["post-596076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-a-bit-of-light","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-venice-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}