Death of Yazdgerd

Bahram Beyzai's poetic imagining of the circumstances that led to the death of Yazdgerd III, the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, was mysterious: his corpse was discovered in a mill, but the cause of his death—and the whereabouts of his remains—are unknown.

Director: Bahram Beyzai

Cast: Susan Taslimi, Mehdi Hashemi, Mahmoud Behrouzian, Amin Tarokh, Karim Akbari Mobarakeh, Yasaman Arami, Alireza Khamseh

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.