Films in the Farsi language
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TEHRAN: CITY OF LOVE (2018)
Certification12 Our Rating

Three disenchanted characters: an ex-champion bodybuilder, an overweight beauty clinic secretary and a dispirited religious singer, yearn for love and connection in Tehran. Iranian writer-director Ali Jaberansari's bittersweet tale about searching for romantic fulfilment in contemporary Tehran cuts between three disillusioned middle-aged individuals: an overweight salon rec find out more...

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TEN (IRANIAN) (2002)
Certification15 Our Rating
For those familiar with Kiarostami's work, ‘Ten' comes as an accomplishment of previous themes as well as a surprise in changing the gender perspective (female instead of male). The quest for social insight, inner balance and fitting within one's own destiny is seen this time from the angle of a self-liberated woman, hence offering a psychological foray that adds an unexpected sense of satire and unselfishness to Kiarostami's favourite subject: the search for identity. Meanwhile, for those who find out more...
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THE APPLE (1997)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Based on a true incident, two sisters living in Tehran are kept in a state of virtual imprisonment by their uneducated father and blind mother. The father finds himself under increasing pressure to allow the girls to experience life beyond the confines of their own home and, fortunately, through the clever tactics of a social worker, the reclusive family is gradually brought out into contact with the real world The Apple is a charming story, as simple as it is odd, with a natural beauty and gen find out more...
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THE CIRCLE (2000)
CertificationPG Our Rating
The scene is contemporary Iran and the lives of a small circle of Iranian women living within the oppressive constraints of their strictly Islamic nation where the Koran has been subverted to the will of a male dominated society. It is through their anguish, anger and despair that we witness their strength and resilience in the face of a world that denies them respect as individuals and equality as women. 'The Circle' is a powerful and moving film, beautifully shot and emotionally gripping. find out more...
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THE COLOUR OF PARADISE (1999)
Certification15 Our Rating
Mohammad, a boy at Tehran's institute for the blind, waits for his dad to pick him up for summer vacation. While waiting, he realizes a baby bird has fallen from its nest, he chases away a cat, finds the bird, climbs a tree, and puts it back. His father finally comes and takes him to their village where his sisters and granny await. The lad is a loving student of nature and longs for village life with his family, but his father is ashamed of him, wanting to farm the boy out to clear the way for find out more...
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THE DAY I BECAME A WOMAN (2000)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Three beautifully observed and shot stories of the basic problems facing many women within Eastern societies. The first tale sees nine year old Hava having to put away her childhood and accept her role as a woman. In the second story Ahoo is a free spirited woman with a love for cycling whom finds herself under increasing pressure from husband and family to give up the 'unbecoming' hobby. Third is an old lady who becomes obsessed with material goods, determined that her last abode in this world find out more...
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THE WHITE BALLOON (1995)
CertificationU Our Rating
Filmed in real time; we follow 7yr old Razieh as she leaves home on an epic journey through the busy streets of Tehran in order to buy a goldfish that she has set her heart on while shopping with her mother. A charming, entertaining film that won arthouse prizes across the globe. find out more...
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THERE IS NO EVIL (2020)
Certification15 Our Rating

Every country that enforces the death penalty needs people to kill other people. Four men are put in front of an unthinkable but simple choice. Whatever they decide, it will directly or indirectly corrode them selves, their relationships, and their entire lives.

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THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES (1994)
CertificationU Our Rating
A gentle, visually stunning love story set in rural Iran. A film crew arrives in an earthquake ravaged village to make a movie and, amongst others, gives a small part to young, jobless Hossain, who, to his delight, is cast opposite the girl he adores and who sees his chance to win her hand. As well as being a romance, a comment on rural life and on the ability of people to survive a devastating disaster, this is a film about the making of a film, Abbas Kiarostami's earlier 'And Life Goes On', (w find out more...
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WOMEN WITHOUT MEN (2010)
Certification15 Our Rating
Against a backdrop of the 1953 Anglo-American plot to overthrow democracy in Iran and reduce it to an autocratic police state, four women meet in a beautiful orchard to discuss life. They are the wife of a right-wing general, a prostitute, a compliant woman eager to wear the chador and marry and, the focal point of the movie, a liberal, politically aware 30-year-old with a devout Muslim brother.
Adapted from the book by Shahrnush Parsipur there is a touch of magical realism to 'Women Wit find out more...