Forty years ago, during the uprising to overthrow the Shah’s regime in Iran Read More »
Tag Archives: Iran
Desiderium / Sooteh-Delan (1978) Ali Hatami, Behrouz Vossoughi, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Fakhri Khorvash
Desiderium lyrically charts the hapless loves of three brothers Read More »
Goodbye / Be omid-e didar (2011) Mohammad Rasoulof, Leila Zare, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Shahab Hosseini
Story of a young lawyer in Tehran in search of a visa to leave the country Read More »
One. Two. One (2011) Yek. Do. Yek
In a society where all social customs are based on the beauty of a woman Read More »
Under the Moonlight (2001) Zir-e noor-e maah
Hassan is a student of Religious /Islamic school and is about to be dressed as a missioner. Read More »
The Cycle / Dayereh mina (1978) Dariush Mehrjui, Saeed Kangarani, Ezzatolah Entezami, Fourouzan
Ali and his father go from their poor neighborhood in the outskirts of the city Read More »
Killing Mad Dogs / Sagkoshi (2001) Bahram Beizai, Mozhdeh Shamsai, Majid Mozaffari, Reza Kianian
Golrokh an Iranian lady who is a talented author struggles to settle her presumably disloyal Read More »
Tall Shadows of the Wind / Sayehaye bolande bad (1979) Bahman Farmanara, Faramarz Gharibian, Saeid Nickpour, Hossein Kasbian
Two villagers go mad when they encounter the scarecrow in the field. Read More »
Coup 53 (2019) Taghi Amirani, Ralph Fiennes, Walter Murch, Winston Churchill
A real-life cliff-hanger thriller, this daring documentary dissects the 1953 British-American coup Read More »
The Child and the Soldier / Koudak va sarbaz (2000) Reza Mirkarimi, Mehdi Lotfi, Rohalah Hosseyni, Soghra Obeisi
On New Year’s Eve, a young soldier is looking forward to going home Read More »