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1) Simulation
Language
Persian
Description
An elliptical study of cause and effect that traces, in reverse-chronological order, the aftermath of an unwarranted visit between three friends and a mysterious older man. Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival.**
Language
Persian
Description
After five years of studying in Paris, Arash has struggled to adapt to life in France and has decided to return to Iran. In the hope of changing his mind, his two friends take him on one last trip across France. Official Selection at the **BFI London Film Festival**. *"Goormaghtigh reinvigorates the summertime road-trip genre with this lyrical, keenly observed, acutely political comedy." - Richard Brody, **New Yorker***
4) Inversion
Language
Persian
Description
Tehran's air pollution has reached maximum levels because of thermal inversion. Unmarried 30- something Niloofar lives with her aged mother, and stays busy with her alterations shop. When doctors insist that her mother must leave smoggy Tehran for her respiratory health, Niloofar’s brother and family elders decide that she must also move away to accompany her mother. Niloofar is torn between family loyalty and living her own life and pursuing a...
5) 3 faces
Language
Persian
Formats
Description
Actress Behnaz Jafari is distraught when she comes across a young girl's video plea for help after her family prevents her from taking up her studies at the Tehran drama conservatory. Behnaz abandons her shoot and turns to filmmaker Jafar Panahi to help with the young girl's troubles. They travel by car to the rural Northwest, where they have encounters with the charming and generous folk of the girl's mountain village. But Behnaz and Jafar also discover...
Language
Persian
Description
"One of the preeminent figures of Iranian cinema, Mohsen Makhmalbaf has written and directed an impressive array of acclaimed films, winning accolades at international film festivals and admiration of world cinema audiences. This collection presents three of his most lyrical works which the director has termed his Poetic Trilogy. Gabbeh tells of an elderly couple who stop by a stream to wash a Persian rug (gabbeh). A beautiful woman, depicted in...
Language
Persian
Description
Documentary of two young Iranian sisters who share their lives, fears, and dreams with filmmaker Behzadi. Both girls would like to wait until their 20's for marriage so that they may complete their education. Their father will allow them to continue their education only until a suitor comes along. He will then force the girls into marriage.
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