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6.3The Old Bachelor
The Old Bachelor
In an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their bullying father. A man prone to rages and driven by chauvinism, the father’s abusiveness found ...
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6.6It Was Just an Accident
It Was Just an Accident
Vahid, an Azerbaijani auto mechanic, was once imprisoned by Iranian authorities. During his sentence, he was interrogated blindfolded. One day, a man named Eghbal enters his workshop. ...
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6.5The Great Yawn of History
The Great Yawn of History
A man dreams of a box of gold waiting for him at the end of a cave. Curbed by his religious belief that it is not permissible to go after it himself, he employs the assistance of a ...
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7My Stolen Planet
My Stolen Planet
Farah, an Iranian woman, is forced to migrate to her private planet to be free. She buys other people’s memories in form of Super 8 films and records and archives her own to create an ...
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0Fragrant
Fragrant
Ali has a great talent for perfumery and will soon become a father. Along the way, he faces new challenges and must complete his unfinished work in a limited amount of time...
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7.8In the Land of Brothers
In the Land of Brothers
Three members of an extended Afghan family start their lives over in Iran as refugees, unaware they face a decades-long struggle ahead to be "at home".
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5.8Redhat and Mama’s Boy
Redhat and Mama’s Boy
The story of Cousin Za’s mischief that makes some trouble with Redhat and Mr. Presenter and creates new adventure that leads to the arrival of an unwanted guest.
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6Critical Zone
Critical Zone
Amir leads a lonely life. With his dog for sole company, he drives through the underworld of Tehran, dealing drugs of all kinds and healing troubled souls like a modern prophet. He ...
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7.8The Seed of the Sacred Fig
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
An investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears. ...
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0And, Towards Happy Alleys
And, Towards Happy Alleys
A passionate declaration of love for the cinema and poetry of Iran, which also offers a frank view of the precarious situation for critics of the regime and shows the uncompromising ...
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8.1Terrestrial Verses
Terrestrial Verses
A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name ...
7.8My Favourite Cake
My Favourite Cake
Mahin lives alone in Tehran since her husband’s death and her daughter’s departure for Europe, until an afternoon tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalize ...
A Hero
A Hero
Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries to convince his creditor to withdraw his complaint against the payment of part of the sum. ...
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6.8Circumstance
Circumstance
A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's newfound conservatism.
8.0Endless Borders
Endless Borders
The story opens in Balochistan, in a small, scarcely ‘wired’ village bordering Iran and Afghanistan. Ahmad is an idealistic teacher in exile, educating the local community; his partner ...
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6.8A Tale of Shemroon
A Tale of Shemroon
After his mother's untimely death, Amir, who sees his father as the only one responsible for their ruined life, is desperate to leave the family home and take Ali, his younger brother. ...
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0Fish
Fish
Javad, whose father is in prison, buys a goldfish for the Persian New Year but his mother orders him to release the fish. Javad doesn't want to lose his fish but finally agrees to do ...
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7.3Through the Olive Trees
Through the Olive Trees
Complications arise in a director's attempt to film a scene in Life, and Nothing more... (1992).
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6.3Salaam Cinema
Salaam Cinema
Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to make a movie about the casting and ...
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7.5The White Balloon
The White Balloon
Several people try to take advantage of a little girl's innocence to hustle money her mom gave to her to buy a goldfish with.
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6.8Gabbeh
Gabbeh
An elderly couple go about their routine of cleaning their gabbeh, while bickering gently with each other. Magically, a young woman appears, helping the two clean the rug. This young ...
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7.7A Moment of Innocence
A Moment of Innocence
A semi-autobiographical account of Makhmalbaf's experience as a teenager when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two decades later, he tracks down the ...
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6.4The Apple
The Apple
After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the first time.
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7.5The Color of Paradise
The Color of Paradise
The story revolves around a blind boy named Mohammed who is released from his special school in Tehran for summer vacation. His father, shamed and burdened by Mohammed's blindness, ...