To Stay AliveTo Stay Alive is a 2002 Iranian drama film directed by Dariush Mehrjui. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.Cast Neda Aghaei Masoumeh Bakhshi Shadi HeydariReceptionwrote, "Bemani is an extreme film detailing extreme acts of desperation that, like Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s Kandahar, uses artistic license to make its point like a kick in the stomach."