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 »
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The Cyclist AKA Bicycleran (1987) Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mahshid Afsharzadeh, Firouz Kiani, Samira Makhmalbaf
The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay enough. Read More »
Two-Legged Horse (2008) Samira Makhmalbaf, Ziya Mirza Mohamad, Haron Ahad, Gol-Ghotai
A father who has a young son with one leg and no other household members must go to India for some weeks. Read More »
At Five In The Afternoon (2003) Samira Makhmalbaf, Agheleh Rezaie, Abdolgani Yousefrazi, Razi Mohebi
Nogreh is a young Afghani woman living with her father and her sister-in-law, Leylomah, whose husband, Akhtar, is missing. Read More »