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Gheysar
Gheysar returns home to find that his young sister has committed suicide and his older brother Farman got killed. When he finds that Aghmangol brothers are behind all of this decides to get revenge. His uncle advised him not to go after revenge but he begins to pursue them killing them one by one. Finally, when killing the last brother he himself is getting killed by the police.
Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.
Turtles Can Fly
Turtles can fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iran border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
Half Moon
Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he sets out for the long and troublesome journey in a derelict bus, denying a recurring vision of his own death at half moon. Halfway the party halts at a small village to pick up female singer Hesho, which will only add to the difficulty of the undertaking, as it is forbidden for Iranian women to sing in public, let alone in the company of men. But Mamo is determined to carry through, if not for the gullible antics of the bus driver.
Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine
Death surrounds Bahman, a director who hasn't made a film in 24 years (he can't get past the censors). He's working on a documentary, for Japanese TV, on Iranian burial practices. On the anniversary of his wife's death, a hitchhiker tells him a story of spousal abuse and infant mortality, he discovers that someone has been buried in his plot next to his wife, and he needs the help of his attorney, a well-connected fixer. He dreams of death, even as he investigates it for his film. His niece's husband, a well-known writer, fails to return home; he searches hospitals for an unclaimed body. His heart disease is flaring up. Is he prepared for death? Is that all that's left?
Istanbul Junction
Bahman and Ahad are bankrupted and escaping from their debts all the time. But when a fire in Plasco building happens it is their chance to take advantages.
Sattar Khan
Based on the true story of the Azari war hero, Satar Khan, during the time of the Constitutional Revolution. The story follows Satar and Heidar as they join another hero Bagher Khan.
The Traveler
Maryam, her friend Parvaneh who is a nurse and her cousin Morteza go on a leisure trip to the north of the country. In the hotel where they are staying, Parvaneh meets a rich young man named Bahman who has come to the north with his uncle and his cousin Sharareh.
The Redtails
Two youngsters Bahman and Nader who must go to the military service and are searching for a way to escape from that meet each other and become friends. This friendship is the beginning of many troubles and adventures for them.
Reza Haft-Khat
Reza Haft-Khat and his friend Mamal live by gambling and extortion. Reza pretends to be proficient in business affairs and in this way he meets Aghdas, Mirza's daughter, and promises to marry her.
The Record Is Equal To The Document
Kiarash and Maral take turn robbing some stolen money off each other until they face the inevitable consequence.
Prince Ehtejab
Prince Ehtejab, one of the last remaining heirs of the Qajar royal family, is suffering from tuberculosis, which he knows is fatal. He spends his last days alone in the magnificent rooms of his wintry palace, from where he recollects the glory days of his ancestors as well as days of degradation. Among the latter are the gruesome manner in which his cruel grandfather murdered his mother and brother, and the way that he himself caused the death of his wife.
Gholam Zangi
The Farman (Bahman Mofid), which is fond of dancing by the name of Aqdas (Shahnaz Tehrani). After knowing that his friend Gholam Zangi (Mohammad Reza Fazeli) is imprisoned at Ahvaz Prison, he visits him. The slave wants to be careful of the sweet (Saharnaz) rivals' sister Safdar (Farhad Hamidi), Kowsar (Ahmad Moeini) and Mamal (Mansour Sepehrnia) to marry him after release. Sweet who knows the slave as a man of Jafakari, gets acquainted with the mother of the commanding officer (Peridokht Iqbalpour), and after a while he gets married by decree. The slave is convinced by the command that he has commanded him, but the command after knowing that Shirin is the same slave candidate holds the marriage ceremony and abandons his life with the Aqdas .
Hossein, the Cop
Hussein Azhdan lives by his family in peace, until he meets Shabnam, and a romance is emerged between the two. A wicked man, Jalal, is against their love. Jalal creates many obstacles on their way; for instance, he wrongly accuses Hussein Azhdan of bribery. Hussein Azhdan, who has been abandoned his family to be with his love, does his best to remove the obstacles on his way. Nevertheless, Shabnam selflessly forgets about herself and asks Hussein Azhdan to go back and live by his own family.
Marooned in Iraq
During the war between Iran and Iraq, a group of Iranian Kurd musicians set off on an almost impossible mission. They will try to find Hanareh, a singer with a magic voice who crossed the border and may now be in danger in the Iraqi Kurdistan. As in his previous films, this Kurdish director is again focusing on the oppression of his people.
The Postman
A political metaphor based on Karl Buchner's "Woyzeck": a simpleminded mailman ends up committing a murder.
Baba Shamal
Baba Shamal and Looti Heydar, two community leaders of adjacent neighbourhoods make a pact of fraternity. Baba Shamal's high attitude of Heydar however dramatically changes when he is told that Heydar has been enamoured with Shokat, the girl Baba Shamal has just wed,...
Tale of the Sea
Taher Mohebi is a well-known writer who, after witnessing a violent murder, breaks down and spends three years in a mental institution. After release he is told that things are just as they were before, but his relentless hallucinations make him want to return to the institution.
A House Built on Water
Director Bahman Farmanara's second film following a 20-year exile from his native Iran depicts the spiritual crisis of a middle-aged man. In the film's dreamlike opening scene, Dr. Reza Sepidbakht (Reza Kianian), a well-off Tehran gynecologist, thinks he runs over an angel while driving home at night with a call girl. The next morning at the hospital where he works, he is shown a comatose boy who is famous for having memorized the entire Koran. These two events cause him to rethink his cynical outlook on life and his relationships with his elderly father, wayward son, and the women he has mistreated since becoming estranged from his wife. When the boy awakens from his coma, Dr. Sepidbakht begins to look to him for answers.
A Tale of Love
in 1988 Saddam attacks Halabja, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan. After the chemical bombardment of Halabja, an Iranian war photographer is the first man to enter the city. There he meets a woman and a tale of love begins.
Dead End
A young woman is living with her mother at the end of a dead-end street. The young woman notices that a man standing in the street stares into her room every day. After a while, she gets used to his presence and falls in love with him. As the mysterious man slowly enters the girls household and becomes a friend. However the girl finds that the man is a government agent sent to arrest his brother who is a political activist hiding from the government.
Tall Shadows of the Wind
Based on a short story by Houshang Golshiri, this film centers on mysterious and chilling events that take place in a village. A group of superstitious inhabitants have erected a scarecrow for protection but soon find themselves terrorized by it. Made at the end of the Shah’s reign, the film offers a metaphorical reflection on power relations — how people create their own idols who turn around to terrorize them.
Made In Iran
Koroush Afsharjam (Behnam Tashakor) is an unpopular Iranian scientist that invents a new powder that can turn dirty liquid into drinkable water. He gets a call from Paris indicating that he could come to Paris and announce his new invention to the world. After he gets in a car crash, laying on the ground, Gholam (Amin Hayaei) decides to still his samsonite bag without any idea of what it holds. After Gholam becomes wanted by the police, he decides to use Koroosh's passport to go to Paris. After finding out what the powder does, he decides to sell it and get the money at any cost. His stupid brain and not knowing anything about English or Europe make this Hilarious character even better.
Under the Blade
Zire Tigh was an Iranian drama television series broadcast by the IRIB network. The series was finished after 19 episodes, and was extremely popular with viewers. It could be seen Wednesday nights after the nightly national news on Channel 1 in Iran. The show was later re-aired shown daily on IRIB 1, IRIB 2 and IRIB 3 for those living out of the country. The show's last episode aired March 12, 2007.
Willow and Wind
A boy breaks a window at his school and sets out to fix it on his own during a storm.