“The Last Act” has achieved a number of honors and awards, three of which are from just one festival; Best Actress, Best Director and Best Feature Film at the Gladiator Film Festival.

This film is an adaptation of the play “Dernier Acte” by French novelist Gilbert Cesbron, and its story is based on true political events that often happen in many territories, but it was written anonymously without geographical specifications. Cesbron’s work is characterized by a great sensitivity to human suffering and an unwavering optimism about the possibility of change and progress.

“I love this play and I decided to make a movie out of it because it pretty much resembles the situation in my own country,” Hosseini says. “I have developed a deep, personal connection with it.”

“The Last Act” is Shahab Hosseini’s second directing experience in the United States, following “The Writer Is Dead”.