This unusual Iranian documentary/drama is based on the true story of a poor and religious 65-year-old father who kept his two 12-year-old daughters locked in their small house Read More »
Tag Archives: Iran
From Karkheh to Rhein (1993) Ebrahim Hatamikia
Saeed who is suffering from injuries that he received in the Iran-Iraq War, is sent to Germany for treatments. Read More »
O.K. Mister (1979) Parviz Kimiavi
In a remote village in the “land of roses and nightingales” one day surfaces a stranger: William Knox D’Arcy. Read More »
The Messiah (2007) Nader Talebzadeh
The story of Jesus Christ told from an Islamic perspective. Read More »
The Sealed Soil (1977) Marva Nabili, Flora Shabaviz
In pre-revolution Iran, a village girl’s rejection of marriage and defiance of dress codes leads Read More »
Booy-E Pirahan-E Yusef / The Scent of Joseph’s Shirt (1995) Ebrahim Hatamikia, Niki Karimi, Ali Nassirian, Jafar Dehghan
A subtle examination of the intricacies of mourning those who are missing in action. Read More »
Leily Is with Me (1996) Kamal Tabrizi, Parviz Parastui, Mahmoud Azizi, Maziar Lorestani
During the war with Iraq, an absurd set of events has an Iranian documentary cinematographer seemingly Read More »
A Moment of Innocence (1996) Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mirhadi Tayebi, Ali Bakhsi
An Iranian policeman asks a director to make a film about a true stabbing incident involving both of them. Read More »
There Are Things You Don’t Know (2010) Fardin Saheb-Zamani, Ali Mosaffa, Leila Hatami, Mahtab Keramati
A pensive taxi driver living the ordinary tedious life is little-by-little altered by one of his usual passengers: a talkative female doctor. Read More »
The Raven / Kalagh (1977) Bahram Beyzaie, Parvaneh Massoumi, Hossein Parvaresh, Anik Shefrazian
When Mr. Esalat is looking for a topic for his TV show, he notices an advertisement in the newspaper about a missing girl. Read More »