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...
nspired by his recent trip to the USA, a filmmaker (played by Dariush Farhang) dreams of making an action film in modern Iran. Having little experience to draw on, he finds that the task is much more daunting that he had first imagined. As he faces setback after setback, he wonders if he will ever...
Engineer "Zarin", the influential and creative member of Pars Electric Company finds out about currency smugglers in some exporting activities of the company and opposes them severely. He decides to resist them with the help of his colleagues. But the smugglers who fail to stop them by threatening...
Heshmat runs the factory of his wife who has a heart disease and is unhappy with his wife's decision that after her death his property will be handed over to his sister Fereshteh. In the absence of his wife, Heshmat tries to attack the sanctity of her gaurdian angel, but the angel hits him on the...
An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.
A man has four children, one of which is not his real child. There is a rivalry between this adopted child and one of the man's real sons. As a final blow, the real son shares the fact that his identity is fake with the adopted brother. The boy followed the matter and found his dying mother and...
Two young men, commit robbery, and during an accident, they encounter a man who is disappointed and frustrated with life, who intends to commit suicide.
A carriage driver who managed to become a taxi driver is in love with his sister-in-law. They were in love when they were young, but both married other people. Now that they are both widowed, they want to realize their dream and get married. The son of the sister-in-law is opposed to this marriage...
Ziba and Ahmad are in love. However, the village elder, who is Ahmad's father, disapproves of their union. He desires for Ahmad to marry a woman from a wealthy family to improve their social standing.
During the Second World War and the occupation of Iran by the Allied army, Dr. Rastan goes to Ih Qashqai to treat his sister's husband. There, he is introduced to Amir Houshang, the elders of the tribal elders, and Ghobad's rebels. He returns to Shiraz. His younger brother, Ali, has been thrown...
