Movies: Iran

  • 2023
    My Baba Bozorg

    My Baba Bozorg (2023)

    My Baba Bozorg

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    My Baba Bozorg was a professor of literature in Tehran, Iran. He moved to Canada in 2002 to live with his son, my father. He spends his days, at large, seldom in his room on the top floor of our suburban home in Scarborough, Ontario. Primarily readin...

    My Baba Bozorg
  • 2014
    I Want to Be a King

    I Want to Be a King (2014)

    I Want to Be a King

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    Documentary about a tourism entrepreneur and his family who hates him....

    I Want to Be a King
  • 2019
    Fragments of a Revolution (Sahneye Tarikh)

    Fragments of a Revolution (Sahneye Tarikh) (2019)

    Fragments of a Revolution (Sahneye Tarikh)

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    An experimental film about narrations of two journal photos from Iran's revolution in 1979....

    Fragments of a Revolution (Sahneye Tarikh)
  • 2019
    1979: Big Bang of the Present

    1979: Big Bang of the Present (2019)

    1979: Big Bang of the Present

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    Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measures in the United Kingdom. Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution in Iran. Pope John Paul II's visit to Poland. Saddam Hussein's rise to power in Iraq...

    1979: Big Bang of the Present
  • 1973
    The Spring

    The Spring (1973)

    The Spring

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    A man who has fallen in love with a young woman discovers that she is the wife of his friend. When he realizes the woman's affection for a young libertine with whom she is secretly meeting in an abandoned house, he commits suicide. When the local wom...

    The Spring
  • 2001
    The photo

    The photo (2001)

    The photo

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    The Photo (Persian: عکس‎‎) is a 2001 Iranian drama film Written and directed by Hossein Shahabi...

    The photo
  • 2011
    Going Up the Stairs

    Going Up the Stairs (2011)

    Going Up the Stairs

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    Akram, an illiterate Iranian woman, shows us that true talent will always refuse to be stifled, and that you don't need an education to understand, to feel, and to paint. She discovered her talent quite by chance at the age of 50, when she was helpin...

    Going Up the Stairs
  • 1980
    Viva

    Viva (1980)

    Viva

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    An engineer attempts to keep his family safe from the revolutionary turmoil of 1978 Iran....

    Viva
  • 2012
    The Last Days of Winter

    The Last Days of Winter (2012)

    The Last Days of Winter

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    The Last Days of Winter is an Iranian television documentary series directed and written by Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian, which aired on IRIB TV1 from 28 September to 6 December 2012 for 10 episodes....

    The Last Days of Winter
  • 2024
    Slaughter (Besmel)

    Slaughter (Besmel) (2024)

    Slaughter (Besmel)

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    "Slaughter" is an experimental short film that delves into the archival and historical footage of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, depicting a symbolic narrative surrounding the ritualistic act of animal sacrifice, known as "Besmel." It serves as an a...

    Slaughter (Besmel)
  • 2012
    Facing Mirrors

    Facing Mirrors (2012)

    Facing Mirrors

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    Rana has chosen a path in order to support her family, while Adineh (Eddie) has fled his home and city to escape his complicated situation as a transsexual man prevented from living as his true self by his family. They find themselves on the same jou...

    Facing Mirrors
  • 1969
    We Will Find Happiness

    We Will Find Happiness (1969)

    We Will Find Happiness

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    Saad is a young Moroccan illegal immigrant who, together with his Iranian boyfriend Reza, attempts the perilous journey to America. As soon as they arrive in Montreal, Saad is called upon to save his lover from certain deportation to Iran, where a l...

    We Will Find Happiness
  • 1984
    The Runner

    The Runner (1984)

    The Runner

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    A young orphan named Amiro lives alone in an abandoned tanker in the Iranian port city of Abadan. He survives by shining shoes, selling water, and collecting deposit bottles. Although he sometimes finds himself at odds with both adults and competing ...

    The Runner
  • 1998
    Ghost

    Ghost (1998)

    Ghost

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    Ghost (Persian: شبح‎‎) is a 1998 Iranian drama film written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)...

    Ghost
  • 2024
    Empty Nets

    Empty Nets (2024)

    Empty Nets

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    Amir, a young Iranian, signs on with a fisherman on the rugged Caspian Sea coast in order to earn the money he needs to marry his sweetheart, Narges. But in so doing, he becomes entangled in the criminal machinations of caviar poaching. Piece by piec...

    Empty Nets
  • 2009
    The Last Word

    The Last Word (2009)

    The Last Word

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    The Last Word (Persian: حرف آخر‎‎) is a 2009 social drama Iranian film Written And Directed By Hossein Shahabi. This is a film about Iranian champion athletes....

    The Last Word
  • 2004
    The Lizard

    The Lizard (2004)

    The Lizard

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    The satirical commentary on clergymen in post-revolutionary Iran. While in prison, petty criminal Reza (Parviz Parastui) comes across a clergyman, sparking a plan for escape. Reza dons his new acquaintance's clerical robes and makes a bid for freedom...

    The Lizard
  • 1997
    Bright Shadow

    Bright Shadow (1997)

    Bright Shadow

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    Bright Shadow (Persian: سايه روشن‎‎) is a 1997 Iranian drama film written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)...

    Bright Shadow
  • 2021
    Woodgirls – A Duet for a Dream

    Woodgirls – A Duet for a Dream (2021)

    Woodgirls – A Duet for a Dream

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    A story about the lives of Leila Avakh and Sedigheh Momennia who have chosen, with much love and passion, carpentry as a profession, a profession that is considered extremely masculine in the traditional society of Iran. As such, these two face many ...

    Woodgirls – A Duet for a Dream
  • 2014
    The Twilight Hour

    The Twilight Hour (2014)

    The Twilight Hour

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    Sohrab, a young Iranian soldier, finds himself face-to-face with his fellow citizens during a demonstration....

    The Twilight Hour