A Versatile Visionary: The Multi-Faceted Artistic Journey of Soudabeh Beizaee

The defining moment of her international career arrived in 2017 with her starring role in Mohammad Rasoulof’s critically acclaimed film A Man of Integrity (Lerd). In the film, she portrays Hadis, a school principal and the wife of the protagonist, who is caught in a web of local corruption and systemic injustice. Her performance was praised for its quiet strength and moral complexity, providing a vital anchor to the film’s tense atmosphere. When the film won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival, Beizaee was thrust into the international spotlight, representing a bold and uncompromising brand of Iranian storytelling on the world stage.