Esfandiar Mavandadi

After spending all his money buying a piece of land that was already sold to someone else, Nasrallah Madadi finds himself in trouble. To solve his money problems, he then decides to be the offender of fraud rather than its victim. Getting himself involved with a pair of criminals, he begins a crooked business selling a same yellow taxi to different buyers, only to steal it back from them and sell it again. In a fascinating portrayal of human nature, Canary Yellow follows Nasrallah through the ups and downs of his double-sided experience of crime. But will it all end with the better life for his family he hopes for?

Desiderium lyrically charts the hapless loves of a three brother: Majid, they young handicapped brother with a deformed head falls in love with Aghdas, a prostitute hired by his eldest brother Habib to entertain him, not knowing the truth about her profession. Karim, the middle brother is so infatuated with a quail that he almost completely ignores his wife and her emotions. Habib himself is in love with Foroogh, a tailor lady who lives with them, while his sense of responsibility about Majid keeps him from requiting her affections.

Morteza Olfat is an ordinary employee who has lots of problems in his life. One day, he happens to find fifty thousand dollars. He says nothing to anyone and tries to exchange the cash.

Nayyerr is an orphan girl who is taken care of by her old aunt Effat, and she is pregnant by a young man named Morteza. Morteza is a young man who has evaded military service many times and his term of service has been extended. He escapes from service again and goes to his hometown Anzali, and after learning about the problem of Nayyer, he persuades her to have an abortion.

While the village headman and Mashhadi Bagher want to marry Leyla off to Eynollah, Leyla runs away and, together with Samad, sets out for the city. On the way, they encounter two city youths, Sami and Lili, who bear a striking resemblance to them. Samad and Sami, and Leyla and Lili, exchange clothes and head off to the city and the village in each other’s place…

A number of the mine workers have gone on strike. Ebraam, who is the workers’ representative, is forced—under the employer’s threats—to sign a contract that makes conditions even tighter for the workers. Overcome with shame and guilt, Ebraam hangs himself, and the townspeople force his wife and his sons, Aslaan and Salim, to leave their home. They move south, and years later Aslaan, by working at the Port Authority, manages to provide Salim with the means to study. Salim goes to the capital to continue his education, and Aslaan enters the service of Farrokh in order to steal the property of Teymour, the port’s contractor.

Gholam learns that his son is seeing a woman named Pari. He goes to Pari and asks her to leave his son alone. However, it is not long before he himself becomes infatuated with her and abandons his own family. After that, Karim leads Gholam into drug addiction.

Salimi is a well-respected merchant who goes bankrupt after being cheated by his partner. He commits suicide abroad. A man and a woman who were taking care of Salimi’s young daughter Azar start to mistreat her after learning about Salimi’s death. Azar runs away from their house and settles in the home of one of her relatives. She grows up alongside Mahmoud, and years later, after meeting Ali, she falls in love with him.