TIFF 2024: ‘Seven Days’ Highlights the Human Cost of Activism - Filmmakers

Asayesh carries the film brilliantly, bringing to life this enigmatic figure so tangibly. In her initial protest against her brother’s plans for her to escape, you see the stubborn personality that frustrates others but also, is the core of what makes her such a defiant activist. We only catch glimpses of her work — seeing her get in touch with other activists to call a strike and trying to get medication for a fellow prisoner, in spite of being warned against dabbling in politics during her leave — but through Asayesh’s work we get a fully rounded sense of her dynamic personality who hates the very idea of shirking her duty to others.