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When an auto mechanic encounters the man who may have been his torturer in prison, he kidnaps him to exact vengeance. But since the sole clue to Eghbal’s identity is the squeak of his prosthetic leg, Vahid turns to other now-freed victims for confirmation. And the danger only escalates.Read More »
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“Araz” lives with his witch mother, “Marhamat”, and he’s fallen under her spell to stay with her and not to go after his love. However, “Araz” tries to get rid of his mother’s spell and the closer he approaches his love, the weaker his mother gets. “Ara”z has to make a choice between his love to mother or his beloved and the evil leads him toward his love and his conscience toward to his sinful mother. The man gives the spell to his love as she would make decision on “Araz” life and his mother.Read More »
A little girl with a blind mother, accidentally becomes friends with a famous and rich singer who decides to help her in her life.Read More »
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 »
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Follows a female student in Tehran who was hanged for murder. She had acted in self-defense against a rapist. For a pardon and after seven years in prison, she would have had to retract her testimony.Tehran, July 2007: Reyhaneh Jabbari, 19, has a business meeting with a new client. When he tries to rape her, she stabs him in self-defense. Later that day, she is arrested for murder. Her trial results in a death penalty sentence. Thanks to personal and secretly recorded videos provided by Reyhaneh’s family, their testimonies and the letters written by Reyhaneh in prison, the film retraces the fate of a woman who becomes a symbol of resistance and women’s rights even beyond the borders of Iran.Read More »
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 »