A Bit of Light (Kami Nour)
February 2026, Tehran. After treating wounded young protesters, doctor Arash is arrested, his clinic is sealed and his medical licence revoked. Exhausted by a life in which fear and uncertainty have become routine, he decides to end it. But the day refuses to go according to plan.
Arash has made his plans carefully: before dying, he will spend one final day visiting his brother, two sisters and mother, preparing them for his absence and putting his affairs in order.
Moving through Tehran, Arash encounters former patients, friends and family, and is drawn into the small, stubborn rituals of everyday life. His sisters worry about him; his mother carries on with the ordinary business of caring for her family. Even the plants he tends become reminders of things that continue to need him. Gradually, the certainty of his decision begins to falter. Exiled Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari finds a quiet drama of despair, solidarity and the fragile reasons that can make life worth holding on to.
A profoundly affecting drama and a stark example of cinema’s agility in responding to contemporary events, A Bit of Light was described as “a bit of a miracle” in one of the many raving reviews written upon its world premiere in the Venice film festival competition.
