Director: Vahid Jalilvand
Cast: Navid Mohammadzadeh, Amir Aghaee, Hediyeh Tehrani
Bedoone Tarikh Bedoone Emza is a 2017 Iranian drama-thriller directed by Vahid Jalilvand, starring Navid Mohammadzadeh, Amir Aghaee, and Hediyeh Tehrani. The film runs 99 minutes and holds a 7.2 rating on IMDb, marking it as one of the more formally rigorous Iranian crime dramas of its decade.
What is Bedoone Tarikh Bedoone Emza about?
Dr. Kaveh Nariman is a forensic pathologist whose days are governed by clinical routine — the examination of the dead, the writing of reports, the keeping of meticulous records. One morning he arrives at his workplace and finds himself face to face with a body that stops him cold. The corpse is not a stranger. From this charged, unsettling starting point, the film follows Nariman as he is drawn into a case that blurs the boundary between his professional obligations and his personal past. The story unfolds with deliberate pacing, placing the audience inside a system of bureaucracy, moral ambiguity, and unspoken guilt. Questions multiply without easy answers: what does he know, what does he conceal, and where does duty end?
Cast & crew
Director Vahid Jalilvand brings a measured, precise hand to the material. Navid Mohammadzadeh, one of the most sought-after actors in contemporary Iranian cinema, anchors the film as Nariman — restrained and watchful. Amir Aghaee provides a counterweight presence, while Hediyeh Tehrani, a long-established name in Iranian film, adds weight to the film's emotional register.
Context & significance
Iranian thriller cinema has produced a strand of films built around institutional tension — stories where the machinery of law, medicine, or bureaucracy collides with individual conscience. Bedoone Tarikh Bedoone Emza belongs firmly in that tradition. For diaspora viewers, the film offers a portrait of a society in which professional life carries unspoken pressures and silence is its own form of speech. The title, which translates roughly as 'Without Date, Without Signature,' signals the film's preoccupation with records, accountability, and what goes unwritten. Jalilvand's direction keeps the camera close and the atmosphere taut, making this a drama of atmosphere as much as plot.
Where & how to watch
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