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Persepolis (2007)
from 14,035 members
Poignant story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of the precocious and outspoken nine year old, Marjane, that we see a people's hopes dashed as ... Read more
Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
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Format: DVD
Also Available on: BLU-RAY
The Colour Of Paradise (1999)
from 443 members
Mohammed's idyllic life is shattered when his father ships him off to live with a distant uncle, allowing him to marry a strict Islamic woman. When his grandmother falls ill, however, Mohammed's ... Read more
Director: Majid Majidi
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Format: DVD
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (2008)
from 527 members
Amidst the wreckage beneath the ruined statue of the Buddha, thousands of families struggle to survive. Baktay, a six-year-old Afghan girl is challenged to go to school by her neighbour's son who ... Read more
Director: Hana Makhmalbaf
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Format: DVD
The Wind Will Carry Us (2 discs) (1999)
from 195 members
A few people arrive from Tehran for a short stay at Siah Dareh, a village in Iranian Kurdistan. The locals do not know why they are there. The strangers wander around the former cemetery and let the ... Read more
Starring: Noghre Asadi, Bahman Ghobadi
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
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Format: DVD
The Children of Heaven (1997)
from 49 members
In this simple family drama from Iran, two children invent an intricate plan to conceal the loss of a pair of shoes. Ali (Amir Farrokh Hashemian) and his sister Zhara (Bahare Seddiqi) are living in a ... Read more
Director: Majid Majidi
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Format: DVD
Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine (2000)
from 3 members
Bahman Farjami, a filmmaker who has not directed for twenty years due to censorship, experiences a strange set of coincidences that convince him the Angel of Death must be near. As a means of ... Read more
Director: Bahman Farmanara
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Format: DVD
Silence Between Two Thoughts (2003)
from 2 members
In a small village in the country a young executioner is carrying out his duties. Before he executes a young virgin the man in charge decides she would have gone to heaven if executed so he orders ... Read more
Director: Babak Payami
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Format: DVD
The Willow Tree (2005)
from 1 member
Blind since childhood, Youssef has a devoted wife, loving daughter, and successful university career, but his affliction fills him with secret torment. As if in answer to his prayers, a Paris clinic ... Read more
Director: Majid Majidi
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Format: DVD
No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)
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Director: Bahman Ghobadi
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Format: DVD
The Cow (1969)
from 23 members
Masht Hassan owns the only cow in a remote and desolate village. He treats the cow as his own child. When he is away, his cow dies. Knowing the relationship between Masht Hassan and his cow, the ... Read more
Director: Dariush Mehrjui
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Format: DVD
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