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Kandahar

Rated: 0 | 178 Views Released Year: 2001

Genre: Iran
About: Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf lenses this haunting drama that was shot during the Taliban era. The movie follows an Afghani-Canadian woman as she attempts to enter Afghanistan in search of her depressed sister. Since it's illegal for a woman to travel alone in Afghanistan, she must rely on the kindness of strangers, including a scrappy boy and a mysterious American doctor.
URL: Kandahar

Baran

Rated: 0 | 220 Views Released Year: 2001

Genre: Iran
About: When 17-year-old Latif (Hossein Abedini) loses his job at a Tehran, Iran, construction site to the illegally hired Afghan Rahmat (Zahra Bahrami), he begins playing cruel pranks on Rahmat. Soon, however, Latif discovers that Rahmat is actually a girl, and he begins helping shoulder her burden at the construction site. When officials demand that all illegal workers be fired, Latif must choose between safety and social standing, and his young love.
URL: Baran

The Willow Tree

Rated: 0 | 161 Views Released Year: 2005

Genre: Iran
About: College professor Youssef (Parviz Parastui) never let his blindness stand in the way of a rich life, but when he undergoes experimental surgery in France, he's thrilled to have his sight restored -- even though he now faces many new adjustments. Returning to Iran, Youssef struggles to reconcile reality with the images created in his mind's eye for years. Award-winning director Majid Majidi co-wrote the screenplay for this bittersweet drama.
URL: The Willow Tree

Under the Skin of the City

Rated: 0 | 154 Views Released Year: 2001

Genre: Iran
About: This urban drama focuses on Tuba (Golab Adineh), a woman who works at a grueling textile factory in Iran and returns home every night to deal with her raucous, dysfunctional family. The many crises she must pull her family through include a daughter who's pregnant and married to a man who beats her regularly and a son who, desperate to find a means to support the family, gets involved in a drug deal that nearly costs him his life.
URL: Under the Skin of the City

The Fifth Reaction

Rated: 0 | 176 Views Released Year: 2003

Genre: Iran
About: When her autocratic father-in-law (Jamshid Hashempur) refuses to take her in after her husband's tragic death, a Tehran mother (Niki Karimi) risks everything to keep her grieving family together. With the support of local women, she challenges a society of patriarchal traditions -- and, in the process, she finds her own voice. Iranian director Tahmineh Milani helms this thought-provoking drama, co-starring Marila Zareie.
URL: The Fifth Reaction

Tambourine

Rated: 0 | 179 Views Released Year: 2008

Genre: Iran
About: Iranian filmmaker Parisa Bakhtavar's comedy centers on pretty-but-poor Shirin (Baran Kosari), who, after wrecking her father's car, teams up with her friend, Mohammad (Saber Abbar), in a money-making scheme selling bootleg videos to residents of a ritzy condo complex. Their attempt to make fast money to keep Shirin out of trouble leads them into madcap situations reminiscent of classic screwball comedies from Billy Wilder and Preston Sturges.
URL: Tambourine

Under the Moonlight

Rated: 0 | 149 Views Released Year: 2001

Genre: Iran
About: Seyyed Hassan (Hamed Rajabali), a student devoted to his religious studies, harbors hopes of becoming a cleric. But a run-in with a thief, who steals Seyyed's vestments, leads him into a world that challenges all the teachings he's absorbed over the years. Following the thief, Seyyed enters a world wracked by poverty that is very much at odds with his cloistered existence. Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi directs this drama from Iran.
URL: Under the Moonlight

White Dream

Rated: 0 | 163 Views Released Year: 2003

Genre: Iran
About: Director Hamid Jebelli also stars in his bittersweet film about a mentally challenged man searching for the woman of his dreams. Reza (Jebelli) works as an assistant for a bridal store in Tehran, delivering gowns on his bicycle and dressing the mannequins. After a mannequin of particular importance loses its head, Reza loses his own -- for a beautiful but unattainable customer. Elizabeth Amini, Soghra Karimi and Yousef Yousef co-star.
URL: White Dream

Daughters of the Sun

Rated: 0 | 154 Views Released Year: 2004

Genre: Iran
About: This Iranian drama was recognized at the Montreal festival of World Cinema as the Best First Feature by filmmaker Mariam Shahriar. Following in the trend of recent movies celebrating the strength of Iranian women, the film tells the story of a young woman who pretends she's a man in order to get a job at a local carpet factory. Her secret is safe until a female colleague develops feelings for her. Stars Altinay Ghelich Taghani and Soghra Karimi.
URL: Daughters of the Sun

The Last Supper

Rated: 0 | 200 Views Released Year: 2002

Genre: Iran
About: Professor Mihan Mashreghi (Katayoun Riahi) divorces her husband (Atila Pesiani) after 26 years and returns -- along with her adult daughter, Setareh (Hanie Tavassoli) -- to her father's house to make a fresh start. But when handsome student Mani Motaref (Mohammad Reza Golzar) arrives on the scene, the familial bond between Mihan and Setareh gets stretched to the limit. Iranian director Fereydoun Jeyrani helmed this searing domestic drama.
URL: The Last Supper

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