Directed by Dariush Mehrjui, ‘Mom’s Guest’ is set against the backdrop of the Iraq-Iran war Read More »
Tag Archives: Iran
Mr. Gullible AKA Aghaye Halou (1970) Dariush Mehrjui, Ali Nassirian, Ezzatolah Entezami, Fakhri Khorvash
A man from village goes to city, to find a job and marry a wife. Read More »
Sara (1993) Dariush Mehrjui, Niki Karimi, Yasman Malek-Nasr, Khosro Shakibai
Sara is the perfect young housewife, eager to serve. When husband Hessam requires an expensive emergency operation abroad Read More »
Pari (1995) Dariush Mehrjui, Niki Karimi, Ali Mosaffa, Khosro Shakibai
Haunted by a book found in her dead brother’s room, Pari wanders around to find answers for a meaningful life. Read More »
Bodyguard (2016) Ebrahim Hatamikia, Parviz Parastui, Merila Zare’i, Babak Hamidian
A government bodyguard protects a politician from a suicide bomber, and then begins to question his dedication to his job. Read More »
Shirin (2008) Abbas Kiarostami, Mahnaz Afshar, Pegah Ahangarani, Taraneh Alidoosti
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star Read More »
The Immigrant AKA Mohajer (1989) Ebrahim Hatamikia, Gholamreza Ali Akbari, Seyed Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, Ali Reza Heydari
A man who controls small airplanes to detect Iraq’s front line, is put in danger not being able to return. Read More »
Ballad of Tara AKA Tcherike-ye Tara (1979) Bahram Beizai, Susan Taslimi, Manuchehr Farid, Reza Babak
Tara, the young beautiful widow, returns with her two little kids from country to her village. Read More »
The Deer AKA Gavaznha (1974) Masud Kimiai, Behrouz Vossoughi, Faramarz Gharibian, Nosrat Partovi
Wounded by the police, a thief looks up his old friend in order to leave the proceeds of his theft with him. Read More »
Harmonica AKA Saz Dahani (1974) Amir Naderi, Abbas Pourahadi, Jomeh Vafabakhsh, Mehdi Javadi
Set on the sun-drenched southern coast of Iran, from which director Amir Naderi hails Read More »
The Night (2020) Kourosh Ahari, Shahab Hosseini, Niousha Noor, George Maguire
An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force Read More »
Brick and Mirror AKA Khesht va Ayeneh (1965) Ebrahim Golestan, Taji Ahmadi, Zackaria Hashemi, Goli Bozorgmehr
Hashem (Zakariya Hashemi) is a cab driver who finds an infant child in the back seat Read More »
Tales of Kish AKA Ghessé hayé kish (1999) Abolfazl Jalili, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Hossein Panahi, Atefeh Razavi, Hafez Pakdel
A three episodic film made by three famous Iranian directors. Read More »
The Runner AKA Davandeh (1984) Amir Naderi, Madjid Niroumand, Abbas Nazeri, Musa Torkizadeh
Amiro is a young boy who has lost his home during the war. Read More »
Boycott AKA Baykot (1986) Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mohammad Kasebi, Majid Majidi, Esmat Makhmalbaf
A young guy Valeh is arrested by the security during Shah’s reign in Iran. Read More »