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Oct 3, 2010
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Oct 3, 2010
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Kamran Shirdel
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The deeply moving Qaleh - The Women's Quarter (1966) shows the life of prostitutes in Tehran's city brothels, an area known as Shahre Now. The film closely follows a number of women and communicates how the burden of social constraints led them to surrender in the face of their common fate. By including photos in the film, a very unique and artistic approach that brings to mind Chris Marker's classic La Jeteé, Shirdel not only tempers the subject's emotional heaviness but also respects the...
Topics: Qaleh, Women's Quarter, Kamran Shirdel, Shahre Now (1966-1980)
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Oct 3, 2010
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Oct 3, 2010
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Shaghayegh Kamali
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Sarumad zemestun (Aftabkaran-e Jangal) Song: Shaghayegh Kamali Composition: Siavash Beizai ***** Poem ***** The winter has come to an end, the spring has blossomed. The red flower of the sun has risen once again, the night has escaped. The mountains are covered with tulips, the tulips are awake. They are planting sunshine in the moutains, flower by flower by flower. In the mountains, his heart is awake, he is bringing flowers and bread and will defend In his heart, he has a forest of stars. His...
Topics: sarumad, zemestun, aftabkaran, jangal, shaghayegh, kamali, siavash, beizai
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Oct 3, 2010
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Oct 3, 2010
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Claude Lelouch
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Far more than a travelogue with pretty pictures, this little-known film won six international awards shortly after its release. 'Iran' consists of spectacular geographical and archaeological footage interspersed with "slice of life" shots, evidencing best juxtapositional editing we've ever seen. This is a buried masterpiece from the director of 'A Man and a Woman,' 'Happy New Year,' and 'And Now My Love.' Lelouch reportedly shot six miles of footage to make this film, which apparently...
Topics: Persia, Petroleum, Qashqai, nomad, Islam, mosque, Lelouch, Claude
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Oct 4, 2010
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Oct 4, 2010
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Shirin Neshat
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Shirin Neshat's first feature length film, is based on a magic realist novel written by Iranian author Sharnush Parsipour. The narrative interweaves the lives of four Iranian women during the summer of 1953, a pivotal moment in Iranian history when an American led Coup d'état brought down the democratically elected Prime Minister Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh and reinstalled the Shah to power. Synopsis The film chronicles the lives of the four characters in parallel manner. Each woman appearing to...
Topic: Zanan Bedoune Mardan: Shirin Neshat women without men iran persia
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Oct 4, 2010
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Oct 4, 2010
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Nacer Khemir
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âAn Arabian dream that weaves timeless story threads with mystical and Sufi elements into a beautiful film object. . . as fascinating as reading a new chapter of 1,001 Nights.â - - Deborah Young, Variety Synopsis A visual poem of incomparable beauty, this masterpiece from director Nacer Khemir (Wanderers of the Desert) begins with the story of a blind dervish named BabâAziz and his spirited granddaughter, Ishtar. Together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of dervishes that...
Topics: Bab'Aziz, Nacer Khemir, Tunisia, Persia, Iran, Movies, Cinema, Arabian
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Oct 6, 2010
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Oct 6, 2010
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لودويگ برگر، مايکل پاول
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Prince Ahmad is the rightful King of Bagdad but he has been blinded and cast out asn all-seeing magic jewel, a flying carpet and a beautiful princess a beggar. Now a captive of the wicked Grand Vizier Jaffar he is cast into a dungeon where he meets Abu, the best thief in all Bagdad. Together they escape and set about a series of adventures that involve a Djinni in a bottle, a mechanical flying horse, a.
Topic: Dozde Baghdad farsi persian film doubleh farsi iran movies
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Oct 6, 2010
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Oct 6, 2010
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VOA (TV) Persian News Network, November 6, 2009
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Voice of America (TV) Persian News Network interview Noam Chomsky interviewed by Siamak Dehghanpour Voice of America (TV) Persian News Network, November 6, 2009 chomsky.info
Topics: Noam Chomsky Iran VOA (TV) Persian News Network, November 6, 2009 Voice of America
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436
Oct 18, 2010
10/10
Oct 18, 2010
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Brigid Maher
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âThe film, the first of its kind...is not to be missed by any who wish to enter the world of contemporary Islam with its lively gender dynamics being refashioned under our very eyes.â â Margot Badran, author of Feminism in Islam: Secular and Religious Convergences Summary Women across the Arab world are redefining their role as leaders in Islam. Veiled Voices investigates the world of Muslim women religious leaders through the eyes of three women in Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. Filmed over the...
Topics: Veiled Voices (2009), Brigid Maher, Women Moslem religious leaders
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Oct 19, 2010
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Oct 19, 2010
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Marjan Tehrani
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Her Israel Marjan Tehrani 2004, 57 min., Color, Israel A documentary that follows three women, a Jewish-Israeli, a Jewish-Ukranian and a Palestinian, through their daily lives in the bustling microcosm of TelAviv/Yafo. HER ISRAEL presents a much-needed hu...
Topics: Her Israel ()2004), Marjan Tehrani, Palestine, Lebanon, Israel
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Nov 1, 2010
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Nov 1, 2010
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Patricio Guzmán
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Nostalgia for the Light Nostalgia de la luz France, Germany, Chile 2010 90 Min Color 1.85:1 French DIR Patricio Guzmán PROD Meike Martens, Renate Sachse DP Katell Djian ED Emmanuelle Joly, Patricio Guzmán SOUND Freddy González Cannes (Special Screening), MIFF (Our Spaces), San Sebastian (Horizontes Latinos), Toronto (Masters), Abu Dhabi (Documentary Competition), São Paulo (International Perspective) Synopsis In Chile, at three thousand metres altitude, astronomers from all over the...
Topics: Nostalgia for the Light (2010), Patricio Guzmán, Chile, Nostalgia de la luz
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Nov 2, 2010
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Nov 2, 2010
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Jafar Panahi
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Two young buskers in Tehran, a boy and a girl, have their accordion confiscated as the result of an incident. âThe Accordion is the story of humankindâs materialistic need to survive in a pretentious religion. In it, a boy is prevented from playing for reasons of religious prohibition, which he accepts in order to survive. But the main character of the film is the girl or, perhaps, in my view, the symbol of the next generation. In her ideal world she realizes manâs need for survival and...
Topics: The Accordion (2010), Jafar Panahi, Short Films Iran, Venice days 2010
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Nov 2, 2010
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Nov 2, 2010
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Ali Zamani Esmati
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A student named Elham falls in love with likable Amir and loses her virginity. But her lover doesnât intend to marry her and so Elham finds herself in a desperate situation. When it comes out that the girl is no longer a virgin, she and her former boyfriend end up in court. Under such pressure, Amir quickly changes from an understanding friend into a pragmatist: he pushes his ex-lover to change her testimony and deny that it was he who dishonored her. According to tradition, there is only one...
Topics: The Orion (2010), Iran, Zamani Esmati, Iranian society, Iranian women
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Nov 3, 2010
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Nov 3, 2010
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Bahman Farmanara
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The concert that was not performed ÙÛÙÙ Ú©ÙØ³Ø±ØªÛ Ú©Ù Ø§Ø¬Ø±Ø§ Ùشد ساخت٠بÙÙÙ ÙرÙØ§Ù Ø¢Ø±Ø§Ø ÙÛÙ٠ساز Ø´Ùاخت٠شد٠اÛرا٠است. اÛÙ ÙÛÙÙ ÙستÙØ¯Û Ø§Ø³Øª در بار٠پرÙÛز Ûا ØÙÛ Ú©Ù Ø§Ø² ÙØ´ÙÙر ترÛ٠آÙÙگسازا٠٠ÙÙازÙدگا٠اÛرا٠ک٠پس...
Topic: ÙÛÙÙ
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Nov 5, 2010
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Raj Kapoor
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Sangam :1964 music
Topic: Sangam :1964 music
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Nov 9, 2010
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Carlos Carrera
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Synopsis Sometime in 1996, a terrifying phenomenon surfaced in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. In this now-infamous city, young women are regularly murdered. Most often, no arrests are made or charges laid for the killings. This ongoing tragedy is a painful stain on Mexican history and has been the subject of numerous films, articles and books. In 2001, the Festival showcased Lourdes Portilloâs Missing Young Woman, in which the filmmaker attempts to give voice to the many victims and to understand...
Topics: Backyard (El traspatio) (2009), Carlos Carrera, Mexican films
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Nov 11, 2010
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Nov 11, 2010
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Aleksei Fedorchenko
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Synopsis When Mironâs beloved wife Tanya passes away, he asks his best friend Aist to help him say goodbye to her according to the rituals of the Merya culture, an ancient Finno-Ugric tribe from Lake Nero, a picturesque region in West-Central Russia. Although the Merya people blended into Russians in the 17th century, their myths and traditions live on in their descendantsâ modern life. The two men set out on a roadtrip thousands of miles across the boundless lands. With them, two small birds...
Topics: Silent Souls - Ovsyanki (2010), Aleksei Fedorchenko
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Nov 11, 2010
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Prakash Arora
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Synopsis Originally titled Ab Dilli Dur Nahin, Boot Polish was produced (but not directed) by prolific Indian filmmaker Raj Kapoor. The main adult character, played by Kapoor, is a carefree vagabond who befriends a pair of enterprising orphans (Baby Naaz and Rattan Kumar). Unwanted by society in general and by their family in particular, the kids stay alive by running a shoe-shining business. When Kapoor is arrested, the children dedicate themselves to being reunited with their boon companion....
Topics: Boot Polish (1954), Prakash Arora
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Nov 12, 2010
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Nov 12, 2010
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Akira Kurosawa
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Synopsis Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have many small adventures, especially because Masako's optimism and belief in dreams is able to lift Yuzo from his realistic despair. -- IMDb Cast: Isao Numasaki, Chieko Nakakita, Atsushi Watanabe, Zeko Nakamura, Ichiro Sugai, Masao Shimizu * * * * * This affectionate paean to young love is also a frank examination by Akira Kurosawa of the harsh...
Topics: One Wonderful Sunday (Subarashiki nichiyobi) (1947), Akira Kurosawa
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Nov 15, 2010
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Nov 15, 2010
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Ali Hatami
movies
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Suteh Delan (1978) - Broken Hearts Habib is a forty-year-old bachelor, who lives with his mother and his half-wit brother, Majid. Majid, who does errands at his brother1s shop, falls in love with the picture of a girl he has seen in a shop window. Finding out that the girl is already married, he is deeply disturbed and has to be taken to a holy shrine to be cured. Back in town, Majid falls in love again, this time with a movie-theatre ticket girl, and leaves home. Habib finds him, and decides...
Topics: Suteh Delan - Broken Hearts (1978), Ali Hatami
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Nov 15, 2010
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Ali Hatami
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Suteh Delan (1978) - Broken Hearts Habib is a forty-year-old bachelor, who lives with his mother and his half-wit brother, Majid. Majid, who does errands at his brother1s shop, falls in love with the picture of a girl he has seen in a shop window. Finding out that the girl is already married, he is deeply disturbed and has to be taken to a holy shrine to be cured. Back in town, Majid falls in love again, this time with a movie-theatre ticket girl, and leaves home. Habib finds him, and decides...
Topics: Suteh Delan - Broken Hearts (1978), Ali Hatami
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Nov 15, 2010
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Ali Hatami
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Madar - Mother (1989) Synopsis The film progresses alonge two distinct but interwoven series of events. The first series involves young members of a family who have gathered round their old mother and revive their common childhood memories. The second line focusses on the old woman's preparations for her last journey and her joyous cooperation in arranging for the ceremonies that are to be observed after her death. Cast: Roghiyeh Chehrazad, Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, Farimah Farjami, Amin Tarokh,...
Topics: Madar - Mother (1989), Ali Hatami
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Nov 15, 2010
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Ali Ha
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Synopsis Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori (Haji Baba) goes to Washington D.C. as the first Iranian (Persian) ambassador to the United States of America. After he opens the embassy, he is unable to invite statesmen to visit him. Haji fires the embassy staff due to the inability of the Persian government to meet the embassy's needs. One night he is visited by President Grover Cleveland. -- IMDb ******** Cast: Ezzatolah Entezami .... Hajji Hossein-Gholi Noori Richard Harrison Dino Mario Mehri Vadadian...
Topics: Hajji Washington (1982), Ali Ha
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Ali Hatami
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Synopsis Hasan is a lazy boy who is in love with "Chelgis", a beautiful girl who is trapped in Div's Garden. To rescue her, Hasan asks his friend Genie to help him. Genie agrees, but in return Hasan has to give him his life. Cast: Parviz Sayyad Nadereh Hasan Khayyatbashi Katayoon Sorayya Beheshti Sadegh Bahrami Yadollah Shirandami Hasan Reziyani Sirous Ebrahimzadeh
Topics: Hasan Kachal (1970), Ali Hatami
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Nov 15, 2010
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Ali Hatami
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Synopsis There is an old saying in Farsi, "if you catch a Toghi to keep, it will bring bad omens to the members of the family". And that's what happens to a very close nit family when Toghi is caught for keeps. A well respected uncle plans to marry a young woman who lives in a far away town. He asks his young nephew to bring the fiancee home to him. On the way back the young people fall in love, get married, and return home with their secret. They're both afraid to tell the truth to...
Topics: Toughi - The Pigeon (1971), Ali Hatami
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Nov 15, 2010
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Ali Hatami
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Synopsis A movie about the life and assasination of Naseredin Shah (Ghajar Dynasty) . This movie is 2 hours long. Cast: Jamshid Mashayekhi, Parviz fannizadeh, Morteza Ahmadi, Jahangir Forouhar, Kanan Kiani, Sadegh Bahrami
Topics: Sultan-e Sahebgharan (TV Series) (1976), Ali Hatami
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Nov 15, 2010
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Ali Hatami
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Synopsis Ghazarian jewelry-shop is robbed by the six- fingered inspector. A set of jewelry, belonging to Master Mozafar's daughter-in-low,is among the jewels. Master Mozafar, who used to be the governor of the city of Kerman asks the Head of the Police Department in Tehran to , locate the missing jewels. All of the pieces of jewelry are finally found,expect for a necklace. *********** The corrupt inspector, whose position has become shaky,retreats to Mashad. He asserts pressure on Reza...
Topics: Hezar Dastan (1978 - 1987), Ali Hatami
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Nov 16, 2010
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Nov 16, 2010
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Mehrdad Sheikhan
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Synopsis A rare documentary film about the life and works of famous Iranian actor, filmmaker and sculpture maker Mr. Nosrat Karimi. Mr. Karimi was born in 1924 in Tehran. He was one of the most active director and actor prior to 1979 Iranian's revolution. However, after the revolution he was forced to stop making movies or even teach at the University. Although, he was deprived from what he loved so much, he continued his work by making sculptures and planting plants which allowed him to...
Topics: Black, Green, White (2004), Nosrat Karimi, Mehrdad Sheikhan
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Nov 16, 2010
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Nov 16, 2010
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Vittorio De Sica
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Synopsis Umberto Domenico Ferrari, an elderly and retired civil servant, is desperately trying to maintain a decent standard of living on a rapidly dwindling state pension. But he's up against his tyrannical landlady, who keeps demanding rent that he can't pay (while renting his room out to prostitutes during the day), and his only friends are the pregnant housemaid and his little dog Flick. -- IMDb Cast: Carlo Battisti .... Umberto Domenico Ferrari Maria-Pia Casilio .... Maria Lina Gennari...
Topics: Umberto D (1952), De Sica
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Nov 16, 2010
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Xavier Beauvois
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Synopsis Eight monks come face-to-face with death. A sumptuous French film about a group of monks well integrated in a Muslim world who must confront their faith as mortal danger approaches. Winner of the Grand Prize at Cannes 2010 Of Gods and Men (Des hommes et des dieux) is a 2010 French drama film directed by Xavier Beauvois. It centers around an actual event in 1996, when seven French Trappist monks were kidnapped and beheaded in Algeria. The Armed Islamic Group of Algeria claimed full...
Topics: Xavier Beauvois, Of Gods and Men - Des hommes et des dieux (2010)
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Nov 16, 2010
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Michelangelo Frammartino
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Synopsis The Four Times works in the non-defined field between documentary and fiction, and can be understood in three different ways: as a science fiction film (without special effects), as an ethnographic documentary on some parts of the Calabrian Apennine, or as an essay about the human soul. The four episodes tell the stories of four âleading charactersâ: an old shepherd in the last days of his life; the birth and first few weeks of a goat kid till its first pasturing under the olive...
Topics: Michelangelo Frammartino, The Four Times - Le Quattro Volte (2010)
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Nov 18, 2010
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Nov 18, 2010
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Naser Taghvai
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Synopsis A masterpiece movie based on Iraj Pezeshkzad's novel "My dear Uncle Napoleon". An uproarious adoption of a popular novel by Iraj Pezeshkzad set in and around the family compound in early 1940s Tehran, marvelously rich in personality and incident. The title character, so-called because of his constant invocation of the general, rules over a wonderfully complex extended family. A hilarious series which makes fun of just about everything. Cast: Esmail Davarfar .... Doost-Ali...
Topics: Naser Taghvai, My Uncle Napoleon - Daei Jan Napoleon (1976-1977), Iran, TV series
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Nov 18, 2010
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Robert Adanto
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Synopsis Pearls on the Ocean Floor is a thought-provoking documentary examining the lives of Iranian female artists living and working in and outside the Islamic Republic. This incisive study, featuring interviews with artists Shadi Ghadirian, Shirin Neshat, and Parastou Forouhar, captures the uncertainty of this momentous time in Iranâs history. Speaking with grace and honesty, these women express what is seldom seen in the western media: unique individual perspectives regarding issues of...
Topics: Pearls on the ocean Floor (Documentary) (2010), Robert Adanto, Iran, 1st London Iranian Film...
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Nov 18, 2010
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Fereydun Goleh
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Deshne (1972), Fereydun Goleh, Iran Cast: Behrouz Vossoughi, Fourouzan, Geeti Forouhar, Hosein Gil,Farhad Hamidi, Jalal Pishvaian, Gholam-Reza Sarkoob, Yadi
Topics: Deshne (1972), Fereydun Goleh, Iran
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Nov 18, 2010
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Fereydun Goleh
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Synopsis This movie tells the story of Abbas, known as "Braggart abbas Aqa", a lonely soul and a stuttering person with no friends or family who is working as a co-busdriver and is constantly boastful of... Cast: Behrouz Vossoughi, Fourouzan, Geeti Forouhar, Hosein Gil,Farhad Hamidi, Jalal Pishvaian, Gholam-Reza Sarkoob, Yadi
Topics: Deshne (1972), Fereydun Goleh, Iran
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Fereydun Gole
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Synopsis Recently have been released from jail, Ebi makes a bet with his Friend that he goes and drinks in seven bars without even paying any money. Cast: Reza Karam Rezai, Ezatallah Ramezanifar, Davoud Rashidi, Parvin Solaymani, Behrouz Vossoughi Cinematography: Hamid Mojtahedi, Fereydun Reypoor
Topics: Beehive - Kandu (1975), Fereydun Gole
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Fereydun Gole
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Synopsis Reza and his mother Mah Banu, have a good and near relationship with Hossein family known as Khan Baba. Reza spends his time with Changiz, the son of Hossein family, and is interested in his sister, Mino. Cast Behrouz Vossoughi Googoosh Jamshid Mashayekhi Reza Karam Rezai Hamideh Kheirabadi Nadia Jalal Pishvaian Ali Sabet
Topics: Fereydun Gole, Mah-e asal - Honeymoon (1976), Iran
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Voice of America
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Mehdi Khalaji - Parazit - 19 Nov. 2010
Topic: Mehdi Khalaji - Parazit - 19 Nov. 2010
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Voice of America
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Mehdi Khalaji - Parazit - 19 Nov. 2010, ÙÙØ¯Û Ø®ÙجÛØ Ù¾Ø§Ø±Ø§Ø²ÙØªØ Ùظ٠ÙÙÙ٠رÙØاÙÙت در اÙراÙ
Topic: Mehdi Khalaji - Parazit - 19 Nov. 2010
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Nov 24, 2010
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Ari Folman
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Waltz with Bashir (2008) Directed by: Ari Folman Date of birth: 1963, Haifa, Israel Writing credits: Ari Folman Music by: Max Richter Country: Israel Language: Hebrew | German | English | Arabic Color: Color Runtime: 91 min. Released: 2009 Genre: Animation / Documentary We may forget the past, but the past won't forget us. Synopsis One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari Folman about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of...
Topics: Waltz with Bashir (2008), Ari Folman
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Nov 25, 2010
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Bahram Beizai
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Synopsis Mr. Hekmati is a new teacher in a school in the south of Tehran. His pupils are unruly and he is forced to expel one of them. Next day, the boy's sister, `Atefeh, comes to the school and, thinking that Mr. Hekmati is the headmaster, protest, the expulsion. Another boy spreads rumors that Mr. Hekmati and `Atefeh are having a love affair. While trying to set the record straight, he suddenly finds he really is in love with her. Mean while, Aqa Rahim, the local butcher, has lent 'Atefeh1s...
Topics: Ragbar - Downpour (1971), Bahram Beizai
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Bahram Beizai
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Synopsis During the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu, a young boy loses his house and all his family. Scared, he sneaks into a truck that is leaving the area. He gets off the truck in the Northern part of the country, where everything from landscape to language is different. He meets Naii, who is trying to raise her two young children on a farm, while her husband is away. Despite cultural differences, and the fact that they do not speak the same language, Bashu and Naii slowly form a strong bond. -- IMDb...
Topics: Bashu - The little stranger (1989), Bashu, gharibeye koochak, Bahram Beizai
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Bahram Beizai
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Synopsis A young woman's wedding becomes a ritual of mourning when her sister and family die in an auto accident on the way to the wedding. The sisters' mother refuses to accept her daughter's death, and in the midst of wedding guests and mourners, including the drivers of the truck that caused the accident, she orders the wedding to take place. But how can the daughter marry in the midst of a wake and without the family's traditional mirror, which the sister was bringing to the service? The...
Topics: Travelers - Mosaferan (1992), Bahram Beizai
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Bahram Beizai
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Synopsis This is a piece from Bahram Beizai's "The Raven" (Kalagh), 1976. The shots are taken in central Tehran, near "Toopkhaaneh" and Ministry of Foreign Affairs buildings.
Topics: Kalagh - The Raven (1976), Bahram Beizai
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Nov 26, 2010
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Nov 26, 2010
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Granaz Moussavi
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My Tehran For Sale A film by Granaz Moussavi Farsi and English , with subtitles in English Iran, 2009 (97 minutes) Synopsis In this riveting, insiderâs perspective on life in Iranâs capital city, Marziehâa terminally ill actressâwearily relates her desperate quest for political asylum through a series of interviews with an unsympathetic government official. Beginning with details of her doomed relationship with an Iranian-born Australian and their plan to relocate to Adelaide, she recounts...
Topics: My Tehran for Sale (2009), Granaz Moussavi
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Nov 28, 2010
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Nov 28, 2010
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Annette Mari Olsen & Katia Forbert Petersen
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My Iranian Paradise (Mit Iranske Paradis) (2008) Directed by: Annette Mari Olsen & Katia Forbert Petersen Date of birth: 1947, Denmark Country: Denmark Language: Farsi / Danish Runtime: 78 minutes Released: 2008 Genre: Documentary My Iranian Paradise A personal, creative documentary about the connections between Iran and the Western world, seen through the eyes of ordinary people. The director lived in Persia, present day Iran, for the first 22 years of her life. For her, it was the...
Topics: My Iranian Paradise (Mit Iranske Paradis) (2008), Annette Mari Olsen & Katia Forbert Petersen
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Annette Mari Olsen & Katia Forbert Petersen
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My Iranian Paradise (Mit Iranske Paradis) (2008) Directed by: Annette Mari Olsen & Katia Forbert Petersen Date of birth: 1947, Denmark Country: Denmark Language: Farsi / Danish Runtime: 78 minutes Released: 2008 Genre: Documentary My Iranian Paradise A personal, creative documentary about the connections between Iran and the Western world, seen through the eyes of ordinary people. The director lived in Persia, present day Iran, for the first 22 years of her life. For her, it was the...
Topics: My Iranian Paradise (Mit Iranske Paradis) (2008), Annette Mari Olsen & Katia Forbert Petersen
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Shapur Gharib
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Synopsis A man with two children gets divorced from his wife. He has worked as a functionary in a company and is now unemployed. The man goes home to her mother with his two small children. His wife decides to live with her own family. The woman passes time working with sewing, but none of them are satisfied with the new life. The two later regret their hasty decision and are reunited through the mediation of their neighbors... Cast: Mehdi Hashemi Afsaneh Bayegan Mahin Shahabi Ahmad Ghadakchian...
Topics: Bogzar zendegi konam - Let Me Live (1986), Shapur Gharib
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Saeed Motalebi
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Panjomin savar-e sarnevesht (1980) Stars: Iraj Ghaderi, Fakhri Khorvash and Rasoul Tavakolli
Topics: Panjomin savar-e sarnevesht (1980), Saeed Motalebi
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Ali Samadi Ahadi
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Synopsis Animated blogs and tweets from Iran form the backbone of this enlightening and sometimes shocking reconstruction of the 2009 Green Revolution. In May of that year, the youthful green-clad crowds were still enraged, and the atmosphere in the stadium where presidential candidate Mousavi held his speech was, according to eyewitnesses, explosive. The desire for change was huge. "It helped me to regain my faith in humanity," one person recalls. Election Day itself was a deception...
Topics: The Green Wave (2010), Ali Samadi Ahadi
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Bahman Farmanara
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Director's view I learned anything from this project, was that you should not make a film for any reason other than the fact that you love the subject matter. My involvement with this project came when a friend of mine, the late Manoochehr Mahjoobi, called me and said that they have run into trouble with the producer of the film which was based on the characters of a TV series that Mahjoobi and some of his friends had created. Since just few days before this phone call, thecensor board had...
Topics: Khaneye Ghamar khanum - The House Of Qamar Khanoum (1972), Bahman Farmanara
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Bahram Beizai
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Synopsis Author Golrokh Kamali returns to Tehran and her husband after spending a year in the provinces. Still angry about her husband's infidelities, Golrokh must come to his defense when a group of unscrupulous businessmen threaten to imprison him for debt. Produced by: Behrouz Hashemian (Iran/France) Screenplay (in Farsi) by: Bahram Beyzaie Production Design by: Iraj Raminfar Photography (Color) by: Asghar Rafie Jam Edited by: Bahram Beyzaie Music by: Vartan Sahakian & Saba Khozoie Cast:...
Topics: Sagkoshi - Killing Mad Dogs (2001), Bahram Beizai
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Radu Mihaileanu
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Synopsis 1984. Hundreds of thousands from 26 famine-struck countries find themselves in camps in Sudan. Initiated by Israel and the United States, a vast project (Operation Moses) is undertaken to bring the Ethiopian Jews (Falashas) to Israel. A Christian mother pushes her 9-year-old son to declare himself Jewish, in order to survive. The child arrives in the Promised Land. Officially an orphan, he is adopted by a French Sephardi family living in Tel-Aviv. He grows up fearing that his secrets...
Topics: Live and Become (Va, vis et deviens) (2005), Radu Mihaileanu
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Luchino Visconti
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Synopsis After a farewell party, Sandra Dawson and her American husband Andrew travel to her hometown in the province of Volterra for a homage of the locals to her father, a prominent scientist that died in the concentration camp of Auschwitz. The couple is welcomed by the maid Fosca, and Andrew becomes fascinated with the house. Sandra has issues with her stepfather Pietro Formari and her insane mother and misses her brother Gianni Wald-Luzzati, who is an aspirant writer. When Gianni appears...
Topics: Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa.. - Sandra (1965), Luchino Visconti
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Luchino Visconti
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Synopsis Based on a novel by Thomas Mann, Death in Venice stars Dirk Bogarde as a German composer who is terrified that he has lost all vestiges of humanity. While visiting Venice, Bogarde falls in love with a beautiful young boy (Bjorn Andresen). The relationship is ruined by Bogardeâs obsession with the boyâs youth and physical perfection; the composer realizes that the child represents an ideal that he can never match. The character played by Dirk Bogarde is evidently intended to be Gustav...
Topics: Death in Venice - Morte a Venezia (1971), Luchino Visconti
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Luchino Visconti
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Synopsis The power and fortune of the Von Essenbeck family remained intact even when Germany lost the great war and during the depression that followed. Now itâs 1934 and the baron has summoned his family to a dinner that also brings a cousin rising in the Nazi party to the great house accompanied by a rising manager at the baronâs company. Two little girls recite poetry in the parlor and then play hide-and-seek with their cousin Martin. Suddenly there is a scream. The baron has been shot...
Topics: The Damned - La caduta degli dei (1969), Luchino Visconti
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Luchino Visconti
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Synopsis Luchino Viscontiâs 1954 film about the affair between an Italian countess (Alida Valli) with partisan sympathies and an Austrian officer from the occupying army (Farley Granger), set during Garibaldiâs war of independence in the 1860s, is one of the most extraordinary historical films ever made. ************* Rarely have the dramas of history and romantic passion been so skillfully and compellingly intertwined. It also marks one of the mediumâs most creative uses of color. Visconti...
Topics: Livia - Senso (1954), Luchino Visconti
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Luchino Visconti
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Synopsis In the studios of Cinecittà , the director Alessandro Blasetti is doing screen tests in order to find a young girl for his next film. Among the many mothers bringing in their young daughters there is also Maddalena Cecconi, a woman from Rome's lower classes who dreams of seeing her baby, Maria, become a star. Against the wishes of her husband Spartaco, Maddalena exploits every opportunity to realize her hopes: she enrols Maria in a dance and acting course, pays for the photographer...
Topics: Bellissima (1951), Luchino Visconti
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Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli
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Synopsis Marcello Mastroianni, as a lonely city transplant, and Maria Schell, as a sheltered girl haunted by a loverâs promise, meet by chance on a canal bridge and begin a tentative romance that quickly entangles them in a web of longing and self-delusion. Luchino Viscontiâs Le notti bianche, an exquisite adaptation of Dostoyevskyâs âWhite Nights,â translates this romantic, shattering tale of two restless souls into a ravishing black-and-white dream. âThe Criterion Collection Cast:...
Topics: White Nights - Le notti bianche (1957), Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini, Mario...
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Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli
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Synopsis Four films, each directed by a giant of Italian cinema, Boccaccio â70 features some of the most beautiful women to ever grace the screen, unapologetically taking charge of their lives, their loves and their morals, though not always with the happiest of results. Beginning with what has come to be regarded as the lost film of Boccaccio â70, due to only having ever been released in the Italian version of the picture previously, Mario Monicelli (La Grande Guerra â The Great War) tells...
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Topic: Boccaccio '70 (1962)
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Siamak Shayeghi
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Synopsis Three siblings struggle to find success and happiness in this drama from Iranian filmmaker Siamak Shayeghi. After the death of their parents, sisters Farida (Fatemeh Motamed Aria), Farzhaneh (Ladan Mostofi) and Fereshteh (Pegah Ahangarani) were left to fend for themselves, with eldest Farida becoming the de-facto head of the household. Between being physically handicapped and having to give up a career in education to look after her sisters, Farida has had to forfeit her own life for...
Topics: Winter Sleep - Khabe Zemestani (2008), Siamak Shayeghi
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Hana Makhmalbaf
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Synopsis Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (Buda as sharm foru rikht) is a 2007 film by Hana Makhmalbaf. It is the story of a 5 year old Afghan girl who wants to go to school against all odds. Bakhtay (Nikbakht Noruz), a little girl living in the caves under the remains of the Buddha statues of Bamyan (which were destroyed by the ************ Taliban in 2001), becomes obsessed with the idea of going to school. The process to reach her dream proves to be dreadful. She has to make her way through...
Topics: Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame - Buda as sharm foru rikht (2007), Hana Makhmalbaf
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Alain Zaloum
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David and Fatima: An Israeli - Palestinian Love Story Only crazy people change the world. Plot This is a drama film about a Palestinian woman and Israeli man from Jerusalem who fall in love. The film is a retelling of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. Based on the old Shakespearian tale of forbidden love, David and Fatima, both written and directed by Alain, is his first outing since moving to LA and leaving behind the Canadian movie making bureaucracy a bit more than a year ago. Though...
Topics: دÙÙÙÙÙÙÙد Ù ÙÙÙاطÙ
Ù (Û²Û°Û°Û¸), David...
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Milos Forman
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Synopsis For this film adaptation of Peter Shafferâs Broadway hit, director Milos Forman returned to the city of Prague that heâd left behind during the Czech political crises of 1968, bringing along his usual cinematographer and fellow Czech expatriate, Miroslav Ondricek. Amadeus is an expansion of a Viennese âurban legendâ concerning the death of 18th-century musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. From the vantage point of an insane asylum, aging royal composer Salieri (F. Murray...
Topics: Amadeus (1984), Milos Forman
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Milos Forman
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Synopsis Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. ********** However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love. Based on the same novel as "Dangerous Liaisons." -- IMDb Cast: Colin Firth .... Valmont Annette Bening .... Merteuil Meg Tilly .......
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Topics: Valmont (1989), Milos Forman
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Milos Forman
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Synopsis The story runs in the 1910's New York. Coalhouse Walker Jr. is a black man piano player. He has won fame and fortune playing with a jazz band. Some white men do not like this situation, and one day they assault him and spoil his brand new car. Walker tries by all means to get justice, without an answer. -- IMDb ************ Cast: James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Elizabeth McGovern, Kenneth McMillan, Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Mary Steenburgen, Samuel L. Jackson, Fran Drescher,...
Topics: Ragtime (1981), Milos Forman
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Parviz Kimiavi
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Synopsis This story is based on an actual event and the "Garden of Stone" really exists. A deaf-mute-shepherd, Darvish khan, living in the desert dreams that he is sitting on a big stone. Gratefully aiming at rendering homage to the mystic shape, he begins to erect an unusual monument in its honor. lie drags the stone near to his hut, and from then on, he collects all the stones he finds and hangs them on dead trees with wires. He eventually forms a big and strange garden that...
Topics: Baghé sangui - The Garden of Stones (1976), Parviz Kimiavi
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Hana Makhmalbaf
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Synopsis Ava is a depressed Iranian Girl. She goes to psychologist for treatment. She sees past political incident in Iran as the cause of her depression. The psychologist advise her to do some labor work like cleaning the staircases and even asks her to work on a play. However, her play, which is inspired by the reality and the problem in her society, gets banned. Suddenly people get their hopes together and come out to street and decide to participate in the election to vote against the...
Topics: Green Days - Rouzhaye Sabz (2009), Hana Makhmalbaf
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Jafar Panah
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Prominent Iranian film director Jafar Panahi was sentenced to six years in prison and banned from making films, writing scripts, giving interviews and traveling abroad for the coming 20 years .
Topic: Jafar Panahi sentenced to 6 years prison
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Said Mehravar
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Said Mehravar Nosrat Karimi Intrview Berlin 2000
Topic: Said Mehravar Nosrat Karimi Intrview Berlin 2000---Nr.1
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Pernille Fischer Christensen
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Synopsis Ditte is a member of the Rheinwalds, a family of bakers. She is also a successful gallery owner and constantly on the move. Having been offered her dream job in New York she decides, along with her boyfriend Peter, to accept the offer and move to the Big Apple. The future is bright and life is fun and simple. The couple are on their way when Ditte' beloved and charismatic father, Rikard, master baker and purveyor to the royal court, falls seriously ill. Ditte calls off the move to New...
Topics: En Familie | A FAMILY (2010), Pernille Fischer Christensen
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Luis Llosa
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Synopsis Urania Cabral returns to Santo Domingo, after several years, and remembers her and her family's relationship to Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican dictator, as well as the events surrounding his assassination. Based on the best-selling novel by Mario Vargas Llosa, this is the story of Urania Cabral, a beautiful, kind, intelligent and independent Manhattan lawyer wom, after 30 years returns to República Dominicana to face her ghosts... and the horrifying circumstances that altered her...
Topics: The Feast of the Goat - La fiesta del chivo (2005), Luis Llosa
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Granaz Moussavi
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My Tehran for Sale - Tehrane Man Haraj (2009) Directed by: Granaz Moussavi Date of birth: 26 January 1974, Tehran, Iran Writing credits: Granaz Moussavi Music by: Mohsen Namjou Country: Australia | Iran Language: Farsi | English Color: Color Runtime: 96 min. Released: 2009 Genre: Drama Synopsis Debut film by the Iranian female poet Granaz Moussavi is about the secret double life that many young people lead in repressive Iran. They can only be themselves and express themselves behind closed...
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Topics: My Tehran for Sale - Tehrane Man Haraj (2009), Granaz Moussavi
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Samuel Khachikian
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Synopsis Habib a woodcutter and a young wrestler is in conflict with Bshyrkhan and his men ... Cast: E. Habibi, Niloufar, D. Talaie, Nikou Safaie, Reza Houshmand, Farrokhlagha Houshmand, Iran Daftari
Topics: Babre mazandaran (1968), Samuel Khachikian
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Samira Makhmalbaf
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Synopsis A father who has a young son with one leg and no other household members must go to India for some weeks. He hires another boy for a dollar a day to carry the son around on his back, to the school or to whatever whims may occur to the son. Actually the son is so skilled in jumping at really great speed, that he does not need any help or any âhorseâ. The sonâs whims include not only verbal and physical abuse, but also repeated âhorse fightsâ where âthe horseâ will continually be...
Topics: Two-Legged Horse - Asbe du-pa (2008), Samira Makhmalbaf
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Dariush Mehrjui
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Synopsis As a New Zealander on a holiday in Iran, I was very lucky to be given a copy of Leila with sub-titles on it. This movie shows the trouble of of a young couples marriage, when it is found the women can not have children, and the subsequent pressure from the Husbands mother to take a second wife, as you can do in Iran. We see the pain the first wife has to endure. It shows an insight into a cutlure that is very different to our Western culture, and the audience becomes engrossed in the...
Topic: Leila (1996) Dariush Mehrjui
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Ruba Nadda
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Cairo Time is a romance about a brief, unexpected love affair that catches two people off-guard. It tells the story of Juliette (Patricia Clarkson), a woman in her mid-40s who is looking forward to catching up with her husband (Tom McCamus) and having some vacation time together in the city where he works for the United Nations. But when she arrives in Cairo, she is deeply disappointed to learn that he has been delayed on business in Gaza. In his place he has sent a close friend, Tareq...
Topics: Cairo Time (2009), Ruba Nadda
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Mohammad Nourizad
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Synopsis Flags of Kaveh's Castle follows a Qur'an through three eras of Iran's history as well as an era of Jerusalem (Palestine) . From Neyshabour (800 A.D.) to Jerusalem (Palestine) to Khorasan (An Eastern state in Iran, at the time of attack of Mongolian Army) and finally current time in Iran. Flags of Kaveh's Castle is the story of a Qur'an's journey through out Middle-East history. Cast: Shahab Hosseini and Reza Safayipoor
Topic: Flags of Kaveh's Castle - Parchamhaye qalehe Kaveh (2009)
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Tahmineh Milani
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Synopsis "An engaging film about relationship struggles" - San Francisco Chronicle From acclaimed director Tahmineh Milani(Two Women; The Fifth Reaction) comes this searing tale about the struggles of women in modern-day Iran. Poor Sima puts up with her philandering and abusive husband, Ahmad. He is so blatant with his indiscretions that he asks Sima to cover for him when he plans a trip with his girlfriend Saba. In an Iran where unmarried couples can be arrested for fraternizing in...
Topic: The Unwanted Woman - Zane Ziadi (2005)
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Samira Makhmalbaf
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Synopsis A father who has a young son with one leg and no other household members must go to India for some weeks. He hires another boy for a dollar a day to carry the son around on his back, to the school or to whatever whims may occur to the son. Actually the son is so skilled in jumping at really great speed, that he does not need any help or any âhorseâ. The sonâs whims include not only verbal and physical abuse, but also repeated âhorse fightsâ where âthe horseâ will continually be...
Topics: Two-Legged Horse - Asbe du-pa (2008), Samira Makhmalbaf
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Nader T. Homayoun
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Nader T. Homayoun Interview : Tehroun - Téhéran (2009)
Topic: Nader T. Homayoun Interview : Tehroun - Téhéran (2009)
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Robert Adanto
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Synopsis Pearls on the Ocean Floor is a thought-provoking documentary examining the lives of Iranian female artists living and working in and outside the Islamic Republic. This incisive study, featuring interviews with artists Shadi Ghadirian, Shirin Neshat, and Parastou Forouhar, captures the uncertainty of this momentous time in Iranâs history. Speaking with grace and honesty, these women express what is seldom seen in the western media: unique individual perspectives regarding issues of...
Topic: Pearls on the ocean Floor (2010) Robert Adanto
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Ala Mohseni
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My City Pizza - Documentary Iran/UK / 2008 / 26mins / dir. Ala Mohseni / Farsi with English subtitles Short Synopsis While a wide range of delicious and well known traditional foods are available, pizza is very popular in Tehran. With the advance of this Italian fast food, Tehranâs pizzerias have become the battleground between cultural traditions and global tastes. This amusing, fast-paced documentary about eating habits in modern Tehran offers a kaleidoscopic view of the Iranian society. In...
Topic: My City Pizza - Documentary (2008) Ala Mohseni
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Sergei Parajanov
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Color of Pomegranates - Sayat Nova (1968) Synopsis Director Sergei Paradjanov made a practice of making highly idiosyncratic films based on the folklore of regions in the former Soviet Union. In 1969 he made this film, based in part on the life of the 18th-century Armenian poet-monk, Sayat Nova. Seriously out of favor with Soviet authorities (he was imprisoned in 1974 for his homosexuality, among other things), this film was not seen in the international arena until 1977. Then, The Color of...
Topic: Color of Pomegranates - Sayat Nova (1968)
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David Ridgen & Nicolas Rossier
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American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein (2009) Directed by: David Ridgen & Nicolas Rossier Music by: Judd Greenstein Country: Canada | USA | Israel | Lebanon | Occupied Palestinian Territory Language: English Color: Color Runtime: 84 min Released: 2009 Genre: Documentary "A cautiously respectful documentary portrait of a political firebrand who presents himself as a beacon of moral truth in the murk of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." âNew York Times "A...
Topic: American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein (2009)
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Nawal El Saadawi
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Nawal El Saadawi: Egypt's radical feminist Writer Nawal El Saadawi has braved prison, exile and death threats in her fight against female oppression. And she isn't about to give up now * Life & style * Women Nawal El Saadawi: Egypt's radical feminist Writer Nawal El Saadawi has braved prison, exile and death threats in her fight against female oppression. And she isn't about to give up now * o o Share4014 o Reddit o Buzz up * Homa Khaleeli * guardian.co.uk, Thursday 15 April 2010 21.30 BST...
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Topic: Nawal El Saadawi: Egypt's radical writer
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Mohammad Hashem Sabouki
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Synopsis Tehran, 1948. A young Jewish couple, Danial and his wife Munes, decide to immigrate to new-found land, Israel. But they are rejected because of Danial's uncle, Yaghub, is against Zionists activity. A Zionist agent, named Yezghel, finds out Yaghub's home and kill him. One of Yaghub's neighbours is blamed for murder. Under their fright, Munes and Danial escape to north of iran in order to going out of country. Neighbour's brother, Nuri, a journalist, decides to follow them and bring them...
Topics: Sorb, The Lead (1988), Mohammad Hashem Sabouki, Kimiai, Kimiaie
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Nawal El Saadawi
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Nawal El Saadawi: Egypt's radical feminist Writer Nawal El Saadawi has braved prison, exile and death threats in her fight against female oppression. And she isn't about to give up now. Physician | author | feminist Nawal El Saadawi (Arabic: ÙÙا٠اÙسعداÙÙâ) (born October 27, 1931) is an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician and psychiatrist. She has written many books on the subject of women in Islam, paying particular attention to the practice of female genital...
Topics: Nawal El Saadawi: Egypt's radical feminist, writer
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VOA: Masoud Asadollahi
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29th Iranian Film Festival FAJR 29 29th Iranian Film Festival FAJR 29, Masoud Asadollahi
Topics: 29th Iranian Film Festival FAJR 29, Masoud Asadollahi
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Caffe Cinema 2011
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29th Fajr
Topic: 29th Fajr
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Feb 16, 2011
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Feb 16, 2011
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Samuel Khachikian
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Anxiety - Delhoreh (1962) Synopsis Behrouz - a criminal story writer - is married with Roxanne and is running the factory of Roxanne's cousin who was killed in an accident in his factory... Cast: Arman, Reza Beyk Imanverdi, Boutimar and Iren About this movie Title: Anxiety - Delhoreh (1962) Directed by: Samuel Khachikian Date of birth: 1923, Tabriz, Iran Date of death: 22 October 2001, Tehran, Iran Writing credits: Samuel Khachikian Year: 1962 Country: Iran Language: Farsi Color: Black &...
Topics: Anxiety - Delhoreh (1962), Samuel Khachikian
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Feb 18, 2011
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Feb 18, 2011
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Centre Culture Pouya (Paris)
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Presented for filmmakers On PRISON Panahi & Rasoulof Abbas Bakhtiari, Centre Culture Pouya (Paris)
Topics: Abbas Bakhtiari, Centre Culture Pouya (Paris)
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Feb 18, 2011
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Feb 18, 2011
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Margin Call Berlinale 2011 Red Carpet
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Margin Call Berlinale 2011 Red Carpet
Topic: Margin Call Berlinale 2011 Red Carpet
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Feb 18, 2011
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Feb 18, 2011
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Rafi Pitts
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Synopsis Ali has recently been released from prison and is now working as a night watchman in Tehran. This factory job now means that he is at least able to support his small family comprising his wife Sara and their daughter, Saba. One day, Ali comes home from work to discover that Sara and Saba have disappeared. Realising that thereâs no point in waiting for them any more, Ali decides to go to the police. ************ But thereâs chaos at the police station and it takes hours for him to...
Topics: The Hunter - Shekarchi (2010), Rafi Pitts
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Feb 18, 2011
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Feb 18, 2011
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Rafi-Pitts
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Rafi-Pitts, Shekarchi 2010
Topics: Rafi-Pitts, Shekarchi 2010
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Feb 19, 2011
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Feb 19, 2011
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Wim Wenders
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Pina - ein Tanzfilm in 3D (2011) Directed by: Wim Wenders Date of birth: 14 August 1945, Düsseldorf, Germany Writing credits: Wim Wenders Music by: Thom Country: Germany | France | UK Language: German | English | French Color: Color Runtime: 106 min. Released: 2011 Genre: Musical Pina. Dance, dance otherwise we are lost. ...âThe Silent Big Bang of dance â... Pina is a 2011 German 3D dance film directed by Wim Wenders. The film is scheduled to premiere out of competition at the 61st Berlin...
Topics: Pina - ein Tanzfilm in 3D (2011), Wim Wenders
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Feb 20, 2011
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Feb 20, 2011
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Rafi Pitts
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It's winter - Zemastan (2006) Golden Bear, nominated, Berlin Film Festival, 2006. Synopsis A man is fired from his job. Having no more options, he decides to go find work abroad, leaving behind his wife and daughter. Months pass and his family hear no word from him. A stranger, a mechanic, arrives in town in search of work. His eyes wander to the beautiful young woman whom he hears no longer has a husband. The struggle to survive of a generation torn between wanting to leave its country yet...
Topics: It's winter - Zemastan (2006), Rafi Pitts
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Feb 20, 2011
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Feb 20, 2011
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Behrooz Afkhami
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Saint Petersburg (2010) Synopsis A comedy film about love , friendship and bluffing ⦠Cast: Mohsen Tanabandeh â Soroush Sehat â Peyman Ghasemkhani â Bahareh Rahnama â Andishe Fouladvand â Shila Khodadad & Amin Haiaie
Topics: Saint Petersburg (2010), Behrooz Afkhami
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Feb 21, 2011
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Feb 21, 2011
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Tobias Lindholm & Michael Noer
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Synopsis The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, heâs a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prisonâs parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations. ********** R also stands for Rachid, a young Muslim prisoner who becomes Runeâs friend and accomplice, defying the rigid racial stratifications among the inmates. -- Los Angeles Film...
Topic: R (2010)
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Feb 22, 2011
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Feb 22, 2011
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Parviz Sayyad
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Synopsis Right after the revolution, a young revolutionary man (Hooshang Tozie) has been assigned to assassinate one of the Shahs officers who has fled Iran and now is living in USA with his wife. A fascinating and brave film of our times! A masterly thinking mans thriller. Cast: Parviz Sayyad, Mary Apick, Hooshang Tozie, Kamran Nozad, Saeed Rajai, Mohammed Ghaffari ... Production Co: Aria, N.Y. Film Group
Topic: The Mission - Ferestadeh - Der Auftrag (1983)
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Feb 22, 2011
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Feb 22, 2011
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Parviz Sayyad
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Synopsis A great love story, which includes lots of singing performances by Googoosh. Directed by Parviz Sayyad, staring Googoosh and Saeid Kangarani. Cast: Googoosh, Saeed Kangarani
Topic: Dar Emtedad Shab (1978)
