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Bending the Rules
2013
An amateur theatrical group finds the opportunity to perform abroad. Sheherazad, a desperate girl, joins the group and takes the leading role in the play. She decides, unlike her other fellow actors, to tell the truth to her father. He is against this trip. The group is now in a dilemma, and think...
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Berlin-7
2013
In an attempt to save his family, quiet schoolteacher Afet, who has lived in Baghdad for years, moves to Berlin with his children. Though he believes they are finally free of the violence that has always tormented them, he soon learns that being a refugee in a foreign country is not the dream he...
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Paat
2013
In a city where owning a dog is illegal, a man facing marital problems takes care of a German Sheppard named Paat. When the man is brutally murdered by his wife, Paat takes off and enters the big city, encountering a series of characters throughout modern Iran.
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Fish & Cat
2013
A number of students have traveled to the Caspian region in order to participate in a kite-flying event during the Winter solstice. Next to their camp is a small hut occupied by three cooks who work at a nearby restaurant. The cooks are looking for some meat to cook and there’s no one around...
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Closed Curtain
2013
They are both on the run: the man with the dog he isn`t allowed to own because Islamic law deems it to be unclean, and the young woman who took part in an illicit party on the shores of the Caspian Sea. They barricade themselves into a secluded villa with curtained windows and eye each other...
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Hush...Girls Don`t Scream
2013
Carelessness and indifference of the parents leads to an accident for eight-year-old Shirin. For a long time, the wounds in her soul remain with her and affect her life. The wounds are deepened and the accident is finally led to a disaster since she is not able to find anybody to talk to.
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The Gardener
2012
An Iranian filmmaker and his son travel to Israel to investigate a world religion with around seven million followers, which originated in Iran about a 170 years ago. Youth from all over the world come to Haifa, the center of this religion, to serve. Those who serve in the gardens that surround the...
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The Wedlock
2013
The traditional Mahmoudis live in an old large house. When they decide to renovate the building, they call on the architect husband of Mrs. Mahmoudi`s niece. But when the architect arrives it quickly becomes apparent that not everyone is on the same page regarding the renovations. Everyone inside...
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10 on Ten
2003
Abbas Kiarostami returned to Teheran reflecting deeply on his creative process. The result is in this film, where he shares his experiences in a career of over 30 years and 36 films, dividing same into ten chapters: introduction, camera, subject, script, locations, music, the actor, equipment, the...
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10+4
2007
In this sequel to Abbas Kiarostamis Ten, Mania Akbari, the leading actress of the film, again drives a car and talks to her son, her sister and other people. Her situation in this sequel differs because Mania is suffering from cancer. As the disease progresses she’s unable to drive. So she sits...
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20 Fingers
2004
The war of the sexes in Iranian society is placed in evidence in seven episodes of this film, all of them, except one, set in a moving vehicle. In each episode, a couple in a different situation (in each case interpreted by Mania Akbari and Bijan Daneshmand) focuses on a discussion on subjects that...
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The Song of Sparrows
2008
Karim works at an ostrich farm outside of Tehran, Iran. He leads a simple and contented life with his family in his small house, until one day when one of the ostriches runs away. Karim is blamed for the loss and is fired from the farm. Soon after, he travels to the city in order to repair his...
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Iron Island
2005
On the southern coast of Iran, the poverty-stricken population with nowhere to live take over a derelict oil tanker for an abode. Captain Nemat commandeers the ship. He endeavors, at all costs, to dissuade the owners of the vessel and naval authorities from expropriating the tanker. His main...
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On Foot
2008
Love is a holy thing in Jafar’s family. They only marry when they fall in love. Jafar, 35, has not yet fallen in love. A stranger comes to the village. She’s the new teacher of the school. Jafar thinks she is the one he can marry.
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The First Letter
2002
In Iran, in the late seventies, teenager Emkan endures the strict discipline imposed by his family and by school, for his vocation for the arts is viewed as an offense to God. He falls in love with Maassoum, the daughter of the new administrator of the village cinema. Emkan goes against family and...
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About Elly
2009
After living in Germany for many years, Ahmad returns to Iran. His friend Sepideh organizes a trip with him and all his friends to spend three days by the shores of the Caspian Sea. Without warning the group, she invites a stranger, Elly, her daughter’s teacher from the care center. Ahmad, having...
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The Cow
1969
Mashadi Hassan é o dono da única vaca de seu vilarejo e é extremamente apegado ao animal, que representa também uma fonte de rendas. Quando vai à cidade, em viagem de negócios, o lugar é invadido por intrusos. Aparentemente nenhum dano é causado. No entanto, no dia seguinte, os moradores...
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Abc Africa
2001
The film resulted in some unique experiences in the life of famous Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. For the first time, he made a film outside Iran. For the first time, also, he used digital cameras and technology. The director also saw all of the vision he had of Africa changed. “I honestly...
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Goodbye
2011
A young lawyer from Tehran is trying to get a visa to leave the country. She recently had her license to practice law revoked for participating in activist campaigns against the government. Her husband was exiled to work in the desert because of his role as a political journalist. Now pregnant and...
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Joy of Madness
2003
A record of the filming of At Five in the Afternoon, by Samira Makhmalbaf, programmed for this 27th Mostra and the winner of the Grand Prize from the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival this year. In Autumn, 2002, in Kabul, Afghanistan, soon after the fall of the Taliban regime, film director Samira...
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Day Break
2005
In Iran, the main form of punishment, in accordance with Islamic laws is to grant the victim?s family full rights over the criminal?s life. The film, based on a series of real stories that occurred in an old prison, revolves around the impending execution of Mansour, a man sentenced for murder. The...
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Gradually...
2005
A gang of youngsters wandering through the suburbs of Teheran come across a cassete tape. They listen to the tape and learn about the life of a young couple, Mahmoud and Pari. He is a laborer on the railroads, deeply in love with his wife who is smitten with mental illness. One day, Mahmoud...
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Season Five
1997
A luta pelo poder num isolado vilarejo iraniano. As duas principais famílias do local - os Jamalvandis e os Kamalvandis - têm sido inimigas por tanto tempo que já nem se recordam o motivo da discórdia.Apesar disso, a história começa com uma possibilidade de reconciliação: Karamat, rapaz da...
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Ashkan, the Charmed Ring and Other Stories
2009
Two blind men decide to rub a jewelry shop. A policeman loves a saleswoman in their office and his subordinate colleague loves a movie star. Two killers are to be evolved and become nice guys. A young man, who wants commit suicide, causes some problems. A disappointed sculptor wishes to immigrate....