A father who has a young son with one leg and no other household members must go to India for some weeks. Read More »
Tag Archives: Persian
Through the Olive Trees (1994) Abbas Kiarostami, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Farhad Kheradmand, Zarifeh Shiva
The movie focuses on one of the events in Zendegi Edame Darad (1992) Read More »
Beautiful City (2004) Asghar Farhadi, Taraneh Alidoosti, Faramarz Gharibian, Babak Ansari
Directed by multi-award winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, ‘Beautiful City’ is a cinematic gem not to be missed. Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »