Bita Farrahi

Acting

Bita Farrahi

Born March 21, 1958 · Tehran, Iran

Died November 25, 2023 · aged 65

One of the most famous and internationally acclaimed actresses in Iran, Bita Farrahi studied art at John Powers’ School in the United States. She worked as professional model for art magazines in California, left the US in 1985, and went back to Iran. Her talent as an actress was found by director Darius Mehrjui. She began her acting career with “Hamoun.” She is most noted for willingness to play …

Known For

KimiaKimia · 1995
Kimia
5.41995
Movie
During the Iran-Iraq war, Reza's wife gives birth, and dies soon afterward. Reza is taken as POW. Shokooh finds Reza's baby and raises her as her own. Many years later, Reza find's his daughter again...
HamoonHamoon · 1990
Hamoon
7.01990
MovieDrama
Hamoon's wife is leaving him. He is also unsuccessfully trying to finish his Ph.D. thesis. He is forced to reexamine his life. In a series of flashbacks and dreams, Hamoon tries to figure out what he did wrong.
ShirinShirin · 2009
Shirin
6.22009
MovieDrama
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle East -- remains invisible to the viewer of the film, the whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.
A Time in Eternity
Nov 15, 2026
A Time in Eternity · 2026
A Time in Eternity
2026
MovieDramaScience Fiction
A woman embarks on an unyielding and possibly hopeless search for her missing husband, a journey that strains her already fragile relationship with her daughter. Along the way, she also faces the unwelcome advances of her persistent brother-in-law.
ParkwayParkway · 2007
Parkway
5.52007
MovieHorrorThriller
Parkway is a crossing in Tehran. Part horror, part thriller, the film chronicles the tribulations of a young couple, Raha and Kouhyar.
The MixThe Mix · 2000
The Mix
6.02000
MovieDramaComedy
An Iranian director and his technical crew scramble to complete post-production on their latest film in time for the Fajr Film Festival.
A MinorA Minor · 2022
A Minor
1.52022
MovieDrama
Laminar, means the first step and chords that guitar learners learn. This movie is about a girl musician.
The Last FictionThe Last Fiction · 2019
The Last Fiction
6.92019
MovieAnimationDrama
Kingdom of Jamkard, ancient Persia. After defeating the armies of Ahriman, embodiment of evil, King Jamshid, bearer of the light of Divine Power, abandons his people blinded by pride, determined to conquer new lands. Thus, by chance, Zahhaak becomes regent and undertakes the reconstruction of the devastated capital. But then Ahriman, who dwells in the heart of every human being, begins to poison his tormented soul.

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The LadyThe Lady · 1992
The Lady
7.01992
MovieDrama
Maryam Banoo, a depressed wealthy woman, finds out that her husband is having an affair with another woman. Her husband leaves the house after Maryam Banoo understands the truth. Maryam feels lonely and, by accident, she finds a poor worker and his pregnant wife who are homeless and need a warm place and some treatments for the wife. Maryam Banoo helps them by inviting them to her house and entertaining them with several kinds of food and drinks. The husband and wife invite some other members of their family to Banoo's house and they start to steal Banoo's expensive furniture and bothering her with their bad behavior. Finally Maryam's husband comes back from the trip and throws the poor people out. He admits that he is sorry about his affair but Maryam doesn't accept it and moves to an unknown place to live in peace. Her husband goes after her.

Banoo

A House Built on WaterA House Built on Water · 2002
A House Built on Water
7.52002
MovieDrama
Director Bahman Farmanara's second film following a 20-year exile from his native Iran depicts the spiritual crisis of a middle-aged man. In the film's dreamlike opening scene, Dr. Reza Sepidbakht (Reza Kianian), a well-off Tehran gynecologist, thinks he runs over an angel while driving home at night with a call girl. The next morning at the hospital where he works, he is shown a comatose boy who is famous for having memorized the entire Koran. These two events cause him to rethink his cynical outlook on life and his relationships with his elderly father, wayward son, and the women he has mistreated since becoming estranged from his wife. When the boy awakens from his coma, Dr. Sepidbakht begins to look to him for answers.

Mrs. Taleghani