Nasrin Nakisa

Iranian filmed theater. True stories of teenagers who have committed murder.

With his father in jail, probably for smuggling alcohol across the barbed-wire border, Behruz and his family are destitute. His love of birds and talent for imitating their songs land him the unhappy job of helping to capture them for a local bird merchant. He meets a girl his own age whose mother comes to Iran to sell clothes, but they leave before he has a chance to say goodbye. Qanbari sticks to images and the children’s plaintive faces, old before their time, to tell his story almost without words. Their delicate emotions are echoed in a local bridegroom’s illegal crossing into Azerbaijan for his own wedding.

The young Naser'eddin Shah recently ordered the assassination of his beloved Prime Minister Amir Kabir, and the court, the shrine, the government, and the country underwent significant changes. At the same time and in the village of Kuhsar Tajrish, Khadijeh, the daughter of Mohammad Ali Najjar, hid the joyful love of a young man named Siavash in her chest.

The story of the series Kimia (starring Mehraveh Sharifinia) shows the impact of societal changes on family relationships, pitting a father and daughter against each other; the daughter of the family, named Kimia, is very questioning and protesting, and Kimia is confronted by her father, who is a military, disciplined, and law-abiding person.

Sujan is a Gilani girl with kindness and steely will. In the heart of the green forests of the north and in the midst of historical events, he experiences romantic adventures that will change him forever. From the saga of the Jungle Movement to the Pahlavi era, Sujan fights with all his heart for his family and land.

Haj Kazem Pahlevan is a good man and a prominent Iranian rice merchant who, with an emphasis on supporting national production, only works in the field of Iranian rice trading. Together with his son Masoud and his daughter Maryam, who is a lively journalist, he fights against the smuggling of expired and poisoned rice into Iran.