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Jahangir Mirshekari
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Taste of Cherry · 1997Taste of Cherry
★ 7.71997
MovieDrama
A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.
Where Is The Friend's House? · 1987Where Is The Friend's House?
★ 7.91987
MovieDramaAdventure
An 8-year-old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.
Close-Up · 1990Close-Up
★ 8.01990
MovieCrimeDrama
This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves.
The Wind Will Carry Us · 1999The Wind Will Carry Us
★ 7.11999
MovieDrama
Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural Kurdish village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
Killing Mad Dogs · 2001Killing Mad Dogs
★ 6.92001
MovieThrillerDrama
Golrokh, an Iranian author, struggles to settle her husband's debts caused by a business partner who left him to bear the consequences.
The Pear Tree · 1998The Pear Tree
★ 6.91998
MovieRomanceDrama
Mahmoud is suffering from writer's block and he is unable to continue the book he is currently working upon. He decides to take a break from his routine life and plans to visit his family's rural estate that is situated at north of Tehran. He also intends to complete his book in this visit. While at the estate, Mahmoud's attention is brought to the old Pear Tree that is situated behind the estate by the old gardener of the estate. Seeing the Pear Tree, Mahmoud thinks about his past - his infatuation towards his 14-year-old female cousin known only as M, his adolescent dreams, how that changed over the years. The rest of the film chronicles thoughts of Mahmoud and his past.
The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood · 1990The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood
★ 5.01990
MovieDrama
A film about an anthropologist and his daughter during three periods: before, during, and after the Iranian Revolution. The daughter works in the accident & emergency department of a hospital, which is never empty of suicidal patients. The reason behind each suicide attempt is different, especially before and after the revolution. Looking for a reason to live, one of the suicide patients falls in love with the anthropologist’s daughter.
What's the Time In Your World? · 2015What's the Time In Your World?
★ 7.42015
MovieDramaRomance
A woman comes back from Paris to her country after a long time. She meets a man that she hardly knows, but he knows a lot about her life.
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