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Taste Of Cherry (2 discs) (1997)

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A man who is tired of life wants to commit suicide. He sets off to find someone to bury him after he is dead. Farsi dialogue. Includes 10 on Ten a cinema materclass that offers 10 fascinating lessons ... Read more
Certificate: PG
Format: DVD

Offside (2006)

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For a soccer-mad young girl, a crucial world cup qualifying match for Iran's national football team at the Azadi stadium in Teheran is the game of her dreams. But with women banned from the country's ... Read more
Director: Jafar Panahi
Certificate: PG
Format: DVD

Close-Up (1990)

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The true story of an unemployed movie lover who passes himself off as a celebrated film director.
Certificate: U
Format: DVD

The Apple (1997)

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Twin girls, the daughters of a blind mother and poor father, are kept inside their home as virtual prisoners. Their father believes that they must not be exposed to the sun. A social worker attempts ... Read more
Certificate: PG
Format: DVD

Unveiled (2005)

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Survival is not enough. Fariba Tabrizi has made it. Under peril of death she has fled from Iran. In Germany she has no alternative way of avoiding the threat of deportation other than to assume the ... Read more
Certificate: 15
Format: DVD

Crimson Gold (2003)

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We see an attack on a jeweller's shop in Teheran. The raid gets totally out of hand. Before the film has picked up speed, the attacker has pointed the gun at his own temple. Panahi then cuts to pizza ... Read more
Director: Jafar Panahi
Certificate: 12
Format: DVD

It's Winter (2006)

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"It's Winter" begins as a man leaves his wife and daughter in Tehran to search for work abroad. Months pass and the family hear no word from him. Meanwhile a stranger arrives in town in search of ... Read more
Director: Rafi Pitts
Certificate: 12
Format: DVD

The Hunter (2010)

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This powerful thriller stars writer/director Rafi Pitts as Ali, a man whose world is shattered when his wife and young daughter go missing. In the face of police indifference to his plight, something ... Read more
Director: Rafi Pitts
Certificate: 15
Format: DVD

Shirin (2009)

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Widely regarded as one of the most important, ambitious and rewarding filmmakers at work today, Kiarostami continues to explore the potential of cinema, stimulating and challenging the viewer's ... Read more
Certificate: PG
Format: DVD

Half Moon (2006)

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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 ... Read more
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Certificate: PG
Format: DVD

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