Sima Needs to Die!

In postproduction Latest update: 21 January 2026

Sima Needs to Die!
Sima musí zemřít!

Czech Republic, France / 120 min / Czech, English, Persian
Fiction / Debut

In postproduction Latest update: 21 January 2026

Sima Needs to Die!
Sima musí zemřít!

Czech Republic, France / 120 min / Czech, English, Persian
Fiction / Debut

An aging Iranian writer, exiled and mourning her husband’s death, is denied the right to return home. In a final, defiant act of love, she makes a daring decission.

A grieving Iranian exile, desperate to bury her husband in their homeland, bonds with a dying man returning to his childhood home. As she helps him confront his past, her longing intensifies, driving her to make a daring decision.

Cast / Nasrin Pakkho , Robert Russell , Mirali Hosseini , Farid Eshaghi , Edon Rizvanolli , Hana Kamkar    Costumes / Atoosa Ghalam Farsaei    Dop / Prokop Souček    Make up / Samin Salek    Set designer / Farhad Vilkiji    Sound / Stanislav Kejval    Writer / Payam Razi , Kaveh Daneshmand

Completion date / May 2026

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