Directed by multi-award winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, ‘Beautiful City’ is a cinematic gem not to be missed. Read More »
Tag Archives: Persian
Alchemy (1995) Ahmad Reza Darvish, Bita Farahi, Reza Kianian, Khosro Shakibai
During the Iran-Iraq war, Reza’s wife gives birth, and dies soon afterward. Reza is taken as POW. Read More »
Gheisar (1969) Masud Kimiai, Behrouz Vossoughi, Pouri Baneai, Nasser Malekmotei
When Gheisar returns to town, he finds that his sister committed suicide after being raped and her brother was murdered. Read More »
Still Life (1974) Houshang Baharlou, Morteza Momayyez, Zadour Bonyadi, Mohammed Kani, Hibibollah Safarian
For more than three decades, aging Iranian Mohamad Sardari (Zadour Bonyadi) has worked as a crossing guard at a desolate train station. Read More »
Far from Home (1975) Sohrab Shahid Saless, Parviz Sayyad, Cihan Anasai, Muhammet Temizkan
Husseyin (Parviz Sayyad), Turkish migrant workers, working in a factory in West Germany. Read More »
My Tehran for Sale (2009) Granaz Moussavi, Marzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini, Asha Mehrabi
Marzieh is a young female actress living in Tehran. The authorities ban her theatre work and, like all young people in Iran Read More »
The Key (1987) Ebrahim Forouzesh, Mahnaz Ansarian, Abbas Jafari, Amir Mohammad Pourhassan
Calamity by four-year old might be another title for this tense, humorous drama. Read More »
The Cycle (1978) Dariush Mehrjui, Saeed Kangarani, Ezzatolah Entezami, Fourouzan
Ali and his father go from their poor neighborhood in the outskirts of the city to a hospital so that Ali’s father can be treated for his sickness. Read More »
The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood (1990) Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Manuchehr Esmaili, Mojgan Naderi, Parvaneh Goharani
An embittered Professor and his daughter (whose job it is to nurse sucidal patients) try to deal with life in Iran before and after the fall of the Shah. Read More »
For Freedom (1979) Hossein Torabi, Shapour Bakhtiar, Mehdi Bazargan, Mohammad Beheshti, Documentary
A documentary on last times of Shah’s regime, the episode ensued after the arson of theatre Rex at Abadan, which direct to final success of 1979 revolution. Read More »
Dancing in the Dust (2003) Asghar Farhadi, Faramarz Gharibian, Yousef Khodaparast, Baran Kosari, Drama
When forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute Read More »
Khab-e talkh / Bitter dream (2004) Mohsen Amiryoussefi, Yadollah Anvari, Abbas Esfandiari, Delbar Ghasri, Comedy, Drama
For forty years, Esfandiar has been unconcernedly preparing corpses for the journey to their final resting place. Read More »
Ejareh-Nesheenha / The Lodgers / The Tenants (1986) Dariush Mehrjui, Akbar Abdi, Ezzatolah Entezami, Farimah Farjami, Comedy, Drama
Two brothers are involved in a dispute over a house in urban Tehran. It is only through a series of adventures with the tenants that they are able to settle their differences.
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About Elly / Darbareye Elly (2009) Asghar Farhadi, Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Writer/director Asghar Farhadi offers this revealing look at the Iranian middle class by examining how one simple lie can open up a Pandora’s box of problems. Read More »
Hamshahri / Fellow Citizen (1983) Abbas Kiarostami, Documentary
On July 1983, lawmakers in Teheran decided to close off a section of the capital to regular traffic. Read More »