Salaud Morisset takes Ali Asgari’s A Bit of Light to world buyers
The Iranian filmmaker’s sixth feature will premiere in Venice’s Main Competition, with Salaud Morisset handling worldwide sales.
By Bianca Rossi · Entertainment Editor
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Salaud Morisset has picked up worldwide sales rights to A Bit of Light, the latest feature from Iranian director Ali Asgari, ahead of its world premiere in the Venice Film Festival’s Competition lineup, Deadline reported.
The Paris and Berlin-based sales outfit is bringing the film to international distributors as Asgari heads into Venice’s top section for the first time. The festival is scheduled to run from September 2 to 12.
Set in present-day Iran, A Bit of Light centers on a doctor whose life is upended after he is arrested and his medical practice is closed. According to Deadline, the character, having lost belief in the future, decides to end his life and spends what he intends to be his last day visiting his siblings and mother.
The film is Asgari’s sixth feature. His earlier work has also traveled through major festivals: Disappearance premiered at Venice, Until Tomorrow screened at the Berlinale, Terrestrial Verses was selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, Higher Than Acidic Clouds was presented at IDFA, and Divine Comedy played in Venice’s Orizzonti section last year, according to Deadline.
Paul Jullien, head of sales at Salaud Morisset, praised the film in a statement, calling it “a powerful political film that remains delicate, deeply human and filled with hope.” He said the Venice Competition selection showed both the movie’s “artistic strength” and its “international potential,” adding that the company was proud to take it to distributors globally.
Asgari described the film in personal and political terms, saying in a statement that A Bit of Light is “not a film about sorrow, but about the invisible bonds that make life worth holding on to.”
The director said the story was shaped by what he has seen in Iran, where, in his words, economic hardship, political uncertainty and the threat of war have become part of daily life. He said he wanted the film to show how people continue to care for one another and find small moments of hope.
Asgari added that the movie looks at ordinary forms of connection, including “a familiar presence, a shared silence, or the touch of a mother’s hand,” and how love can pull people back from despair.
This story draws on original reporting from Deadline.