Iran

The liberation, exploitation, and oppression of Iran’s women, based on clips from films from the silent-film era up until the Revolution in 1979.Read More »

A film in several episodes with Bijan Daneshmand and Mania Akbari, exposing some of the issues of men and women within the confines of tradition and family life in Iran. Each episode displays a different form of male/female interaction. The placing of the actors in a moving vehicle or against a moving back drop signifies the movement of life despite all the obstacles in its way. The film deals with the roots of dependencies, limitations, power struggles and conflict that are the familiar stuff of life of couples in the Middle East.Read More »

Dash Akol is greatly respected in Shiraz as an honorable man who has lost his family’s money through helping his friends. He has an enemy, however, named Kaka Rostam, a mean and spiteful person. Dash Akol, who is in his forties, falls in love with Marjan, daughter of the late Haji Samad, for whose estate he is the executor. But he keeps his love secret. One day a suitor asks for Marjan’s hand, and Dash Akol considers it against his code of honor to refuse. On the night of the wedding, Dash Akol hands over responsibility for the family to the bridegroom. As he is leaving the house, however, Kaka Rostam is waiting for him and a fight ensues. Kaka Rostam stabs him in the back, but Dash Akol succeeds in killing him. On his deathbed, Dash Akol sends his parrot to Marjan with the confession of love he has taught it.

Based on a novel by Sadegh HedayatRead More »

A couple of drifters, fresh from prison, the harsh streets of Tehran, and a dangerous game of “Truth or Dare” come together one deadly night of desperation and hopelessness. The older drifter (Davoud Rashidi) challenges his younger, desolate friend (Behrouz Vossoughi) to a foolhardy bet which he willingly accepts. A gripping, scaring drama, this movie follows two lost souls bent on self-destruction set against the cold backdrop of a city without compassion.Read More »

Two boys quarrel over a football, which then turns into a bigger fight between their parents.
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This homage to film noir and gangster films is the 25th film by the Iranian film maker Masud Kimiai. It tells the story of two lovers who commit a robbery with their accomplice and their dealings with other gangsters. The Persian title is حکم.

Starring: Leila Hatami, Bahram Radan, Poulad Kimiayi, Khosro Shakibai & Ezzatolah Entezami.Read More »

Towards the end of the Shahanshah’s reign, Sergeant Makvandi is assigned the commander of the gendarmerie station in a small town. A stern disciplinarian, Sergeant Makvandi tries to impose order at the station but, being as degenerate as his subordinates, he fails to re-store discipline. faced by rebellious crowds, he imposes martial law, but people outwit him by mailing to his address a forged letter which “promotes the sergeant and ends the curfew”. Makvandi tries to intimidate a school teacher into writing a song which he wants the students to sing on the day his “promotion” comes into effect. But the teacher refuses to give in, for he and his students are preparing to sing a new song, the song of revolution.Read More »

A teacher trying to reach a remote village is attacked by wolves..Read More »

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The uncle of the young narrator enters his house unexpectedly. In order to offer him some refreshments, he goes to bring a bottle of wine. Through the crevice of the wall which happens to be there, he sees an ethereal girl offering a lotus flower to an old man who bursts into a hair-raising laughter. Surprisingly, this is exactly the picture he keeps drawing on pen cases as a calling. He is then jolted into realities. The thought of the old man gradually begins to loom over his life and sow the seed of anxiety. The narrator embarks on a journey in search of the ethereal girl and the old man. His journey, however, takes him into a study of history and myths. The narrator comes back and realizes that his uncle has left, leaving the door agape like the mouth of a dead man. Desperately he goes out to look for the ethereal girl.Read More »