You think you know Iran... (10 titles)
It's in the news but do you really know anything about those Farsi speaking Persians? Unfortunately it's not too representative of what I'd have liked to include due to the lack of dvds from M. Makhmalbaf and Kiarostami in particular.
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The Cow
Unfortunately it's not on dvd at the moment but this is 60s art cinema up there with Bergman and Antonioni.
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The Cow
(1969)
Starring: Ezzatolah Entezami, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Ali Nassirian
Director: Dariush Mehrjui
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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 villagers hastily dispose the corpse, and when Masht Hassan comes back, they tell him that his cow ran ..read more »
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The Apple
This was made by a 17 year old girl. In Iran. Where are our good, young female directors? Godard thought it a masterpiece. I'm not going to argue.
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The Apple
(1998)
Starring: Zahra Naderi, Massoumeh Naderi
Director: Samira Makmalbaf
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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 to persuade the family that it is in the best interests of the girls to allow them the chance to ..read more »
Not currently released
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Taste Of Cherry
A very moving existential film.
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Taste Of Cherry
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Homayon Ershadi, Adolhossein Bagheri
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
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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 on filmmaking by one of the world's most influencial directors.
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The Circle
This IS a masterpiece in construction. Like a complex rubik cube of russian dolls in a model of the solar system with a wonderfully fluid camera following it all.
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The Circle
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Maryiam Parvin Almani, Nargess Mamizadeh, Monir Arab
Director: Jafar Panahi
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Banned in Iran, Jafar Panahi's THE CIRCLE is set almost entirely on the busy streets of Tehran - a place where women are restricted by numerous laws, including a repressive dress code, and can only travel accompanied by a man. The beginning of the film focuses on two women, Arezou (Mariam Palvin ..read more »
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Blackboards
Another film from Samira. It's a shame that her father's films aren't available apart from Kandahar.
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Blackboards
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Bahman Ghobadi, Said Mohamadi, Behnaz Jafari
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf
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Hauling blackboards on their backs, two educators venture into the desolate mountainous terrain of Iranian Kurdistan to promote literacy. Going separate ways, the teachers find themselves latching on to respective groups journeying to the Iraqi border. Reeboir (Bahman Ghobadi) joins a group of ..read more »
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Ten
Kiarostami made this wonderful film for women. Mania Akbari is very talented. This film was so easy to relate to. It's completely universal. Intense.
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Ten
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Abbas Kiarostami, Mania Akbari, Roya Arabshani
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
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Filmed entirely inside a car, a woman drives through the streets of Tehran, picking up and dropping off passengers--her son, a friend, her sister, a prostitute--as she runs errands and goes about her busy days. The title TEN represents the number of distinct conversations that the woman has with ..read more »
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At Five In The Afternoon
Technically an Afghan film. Made by Samira. It really is great to get a glimpse at this country. Far better than her fathers Afghan "Kandahar".
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At Five In The Afternoon
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Agheleh Rezaie, Abdolgani Yousefrazi, Razi Mohebi
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf
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Made in Afghanistan, after the fall of the Taliban regime, Samira Makhmalbaf's film is set in the ruined city of Kabul. Noqreh is a young woman who chooses to attend a secular school for girls, rather than a traditionally religious one, and becomes inspired to become Afghanistan's first female ..read more »
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Joy Of Madness
See this documentary on the excruciating process of casting At Five in the... Made by her 15 year old sister!
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Joy Of Madness
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Samira Makhmalbaf
Director: Hana Makhmalbaf
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A documentary taken backstage at the production of Samira Makhmalbaf's film 'At Five in the Afternoon'. It was recorded with a small digital camera by Samira's 14-year-old sister Hana, in Kabul, just after the fall of the Taliban regime.
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The Day I Became A Woman
By Samira's mother. Not as good as her husband or daughter(s) but a nice look into the hardships faced by women, with some good rythmic filming.
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The Day I Became A Woman
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Fatemeh Cheragh Akhar, Shabnam Toloui, Azizeh Sedighi
Director: Marziyeh Meshkini
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For her first film, THE DAY I BECAME A WOMAN, Marziyeh Meshkini, the wife of Iran's most prominent filmmaker, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, has crafted a mystical three-part allegorical vision of the treacherous cycle in which Iranian women are robbed of their freedom and dignity. In the first episode, a girl ..read more »
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11/09/01 - September 11
A compilation of short films. Some very moving. Samira has a short on education in Afghanistan.
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11/09/01 - September 11
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Youssef Chahine, Claude Lelouch, Maryam Karimi
Director: Youssef Chahine, Claude LeLouch, Claude Lelouch
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11'09"01 - SEPTEMBER 11 is a fascinating, experimental work in which 11 directors from around the world attempt to offer a cinematic reaction to the events of September 11 2001. With the film makers subject to budgetary restraints, their films last exactly 11 minutes, nine seconds and one frame. ..read more »
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