Season 1 - 6 x 50 minutes | World Premiere at CANNESERIES Season 9
Persian
French & English subtitles
Episodes 1 & 2
Screening of two episodes, in the presence of the series' team.
Synopsis
In mid-19th century Iran, gifted painter Nowruz, becomes consumed by his obsession with a Gypsy fortune teller. When her fearless defiance draws the wrath of the city’s tyrant, their desperate flight through poverty and peril sets a tragic saga in motion that will echo across generations.
Note from the artistic direction
The first Iranian series selected at CANNESERIES, The Red & The Black immerses us into 19th-century Iran with grandeur and mastery. The atmosphere of the era comes to life through its magnificent costumes and a perfectly attuned cast. Created by filmmaker and showrunner Ida Panahandeh, whose film Nahid was presented in Un Certain Regard, this historical melodrama delivers on every one of its promises.