Beautiful City
2004 · 101 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 6,471 VOTES · DIR. Asghar Farhadi
Overview
Akbar, 18, has been held in a rehabilitation centre for committing murder at the age of sixteen. Now, Akbar is transferred to prison to await the day of his execution. A’la, a friend of Akbar, tries desperately to gain the consent of Akbar’s plaintiff so as to stop the execution.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,204 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:01 Faramarz Qaribian
00:04:44 - Throw him there - I will, you go
00:08:26 Hold it right
00:10:31 But Akbar's is full of good things
00:13:58 There's no telling
00:16:51 Maybe he wants money
00:21:52 - Is your husband home? - No he's out
00:25:05 Do you belong to this house?
00:30:16 I'll bother you later then
00:34:04 Doesn't he deserve to die?
00:37:13 I'm not a kid to play me!
00:39:28 You will God willingly
00:42:06 For robbery
00:45:42 And in poverty
00:50:18 Humans are the top of the creation
00:53:52 What is it?
01:01:01 Should we write up the contract?
01:03:38 It's cash
01:09:33 I just want to say something and leave
01:15:23 I don't have a husband
01:18:54 Is that why you've spent seven years of your life behind the bars?
01:22:59 Bullshit that's what they said before
01:28:08 What should I do Firouzeh?
01:31:23 He killed the man in order not to lose his mother
Cast & Characters
Faramarz Gharibian
Abolqasem
Taraneh Alidoosti
Firoozeh
Babak Ansari
A'la
Ahoo Kheradmand
Abolqasem's Wife (Hamsar-e Abolqasem)
Farhad Ghaemian
Ghafouri
Hooshang Heyhavand
Kiosk owner (Mard-e Dakeh-dar)
Hossein Farzizade
Akbar
Saeed Ghareh Khan Lou
Mehran Mahram
Clergyman (Masoul Madadjouyan)
Mohammad Mohadasi
Dayi-e Zan-e Abolghasem
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,204
Dialogue density11.9 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:31:23
Production Record
DirectorAsghar Farhadi
LanguagePersian
IMDb votes6,471