Sag-haye velgard [Stray Dogs] (2004) - Iran

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423277/

Plot & Summary

Gol-Ghotai (a girl) and Zahed (a boy) are siblings living in post-Taliban Kabul. Their father is a mullah. He has fought against the Americans in a Taliban War and eventually was imprisoned. The mother of the children is also imprisoned – she got married again, as she thought her husband was dead in the war and now is accused of infidelity. Every night the children spend with their mother in jail(they call themselves “night prisoners”). One day the prison commander denies all “night prisoners” and Gol-Ghotai and Zahed become homeless. It’s a wintertime and they try to find a place to stay overnight, but still they dream to come back to their mother’s prison. They are advised to steal something to get imprisoned by the police. After several robbery attempts which nobody noticed, finally Zahed steals a bicycle and his sisters cries and calls him a thief for everybody to notice. Zahed gets imprisoned, but in another jail than his mother.

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7.0/10 (263 votes)


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Beed-e majnoon [The Willow Tree] (2005) - Iran

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415607/

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Youssef (Parvis Parastui) is a forty five year old blind university professor of literature devoted to his intellectual craft, as he studies and writes with vigorous intensity in braille. Though lonely and understandably withdrawn in his daily life, Youssef is surrounded by the love and warmth of a doting wife and bubbly young daughter. Blinded since the age of eight by a fireworks accident, Youssef seems resigned and at peace with his fate. But when a friend arranges for him to fly to Paris to receive a cornea transplant which miraculously restores his sight, the professor's marginalzed but safe world slowly unravels following initial euphoria over his regained sight. Shocked to behold in the mirror, not the child whose gaze he left there decades ago but an aging man in his middle years, Youssef undergoes a traumatic midlife crisis which ironically, thrusts him into the frank visual reality of his world that blindness protected him from. Troublesome moral questions arise and ensue, such as thoughts of infidelity and an irrepressible attraction to younger women which he was denied in his youth through blindness. Also, his moral obligations to society that sight now suddenly mandates, as when he witnesses a pickpocketing of another passenger on a crowded subway train, and is too cowardly to actively protest and intercede.

The Willow Tree is a vividly conceived sensual, emotional and philosophical journey touching on our relation to human existence and its joys and wonders, but tempered by the testing of one's moral responsibility and intimate, undeniable connection to the world around us. Perhaps Majidi also intended wry commentary and observation of the dubious influences of Western culture on the Iranian people, where technological and material advances impart an outside knowledge that is not necessarily likewise wisdom, enlightenment or virtue.

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6.9/10 540 votes


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Chaharshanbe-soori [Fireworks Wednesday] (2006) - Iran

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0845439/

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On the day before their holiday trip to Dubai, a wife who believes her husband is unfaithful enlists the help of Roohi, a young women sent by an agency to clean the house. She asks Roohi to make an appointment and gather information at the salon of the woman she suspects. Roohi is betrothed, innocent of marital discord. Over the course of the day, she, the couple, their small son, the wife's sister and husband, and the beautician engage in a series of exchanges, confrontations, and prevarications. Are the wife's suspicions unwarranted; is her behavior imperiling her marriage? Acts of kindness may go awry. And the trip to Dubai?

Rating
7.8/10 420 votes


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House of Sand and Fog (2003) - USA

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315983/

Plot & Summary

House of Sand and Fog is the story of an Iranian political refugee family who are in struggle for a better life in the United States. Amir Behrani, who was a colonel in Shah's regime, spends most of his savings on a fancy wedding ceremony for his daughter. Once she is married, he purchases a house in auction in the hope of making a profit by selling it for a higher price. Behrani's goal is to spend the money he earns from selling the house to achieve his dream of building a place like the villa they used to have in north of Iran, and save the rest of the money for his son's education. However, Kathy, who was the former owner of the house and lost it mistakenly charged for unpaid taxes, steps in and makes the life difficult for them. She meets a policeman and starts a relationship with him. To help Kathy get the house back, the police officer threatens the Behrani family with deporting them from the country if they do not leave the house. The struggles for the house lead to a tragic end.

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7.8/10 29,279 votes


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Darbareye Elly [About Elly] (2009) - Iran

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1360860/

Plot & Summary

About Elly won the Silver Bear (Best Director) award at Berlin, one of the top three festivals in the world. The film has also won awards at four other lesser festivals (Asia-Pacific, Brisbane, Tribeca, and the International Film Festival of Kerala) and at Iran’s national festival at Fajr. It was Iran’s submission for the best Foreign Film at the 2010 Oscars.

What is the film about? As in the case of most Iranian films it has no sex or violence and yet provides clean entertainment for adults. It is a tale of how we view others, however close or distant we are. It’s a tale of value judgments we make in everyday life. Now these value judgments could often be colored by small lies or exaggerations that could leapfrog into greater problems that one could ever imagine.

The story line is basically of a young unmarried woman Elly who joins three families on a vacation to the Caspian Sea coastline of Iran. Elly has been invited by Sepideh to spend a night with the three families, Sepideh being one of the three wives in the group. The only relationship established between the two is that Elly teaches Sepideh’s child at school and that Elly could be paired off with one eligible divorced male in the group if the two get to like each other.

Here is a film that has a very talented cast including Golshifteh Farhani, who plays the pivotal role of Sepideh. It is not just actors that carry the film but the script and direction are noteworthy and entertaining for the entire 2-hour movie.

Rating

8.0/10 1,859 votes


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Green Days (2009) - Iran

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1502406/

Plot & Summary

Hana Makhmalbaf, a 21 year old Iranian director, brings the bloody street protests after June’s presidential vote to the big screen in the Venice film festival.

Her film, “Green Days,” focuses on the run-up to the election on the streets of Tehran and features interviews with ordinary young people, mostly supporters of opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. The film blends a fictional storyline with a reaction to the swirling events surrounding Iran’s disputed presidential election.

The film features raw footage of the swelling protests by Mousavi’s green-clad sympathizers after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared winner and their brutal repression by security forces. Some of the images were shot with mobile phones by the demonstrators, as the government imposed restrictions on independent and foreign media. Hana Makhmalbaf said she had to leave Iran after the vote because the government wanted to arrest her. She finished editing the film at a secret location in Italy to avoid Iranian censorship.

Rating

6.3/10 61 votes


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Avaze gonjeshk-ha [The Song of Sparrows] (2008) - Iran

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0997246/

Plot & Summary 

When an ostrich-rancher focuses on replacing his daughter's hearing aid, which breaks right before crucial exams, everything changes for a struggling rural family in Iran. Karim motorbikes into a world alien to him - incredibly hectic Tehran, where sudden opportunities for independence, thrill and challenge him. But his honor and honesty, plus traditional authority over his inventive clan, are tested, as he stumbles among vast cultural and economic gaps between his village nestled in the desert, and a throbbing international metropolis.

By turns quirky, hilarious and touching, "Song of Sparrows" quietly explores the tension between rural and urban, capturing the desires that arise when a simple man is exposed to a world of material gain. And yet, Majidi maintains a light touch by avoiding heavy-handed sermons (City: bad! Countryside: good!). Instead, he relies on elegant filmmaking to state his case, juxtaposing sweeping pastoral shots with images of the city's buzzing motorcyclists. He also bets on his endearing cast--specifically the talented Naji, who manages to make his curmudgeon of a character both overbearing and empathetic at the same time.

Rating 

7.6/10 ; 773 votes

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Bab'Aziz [Bab'Aziz - The Prince That Contemplated His Soul] 2005 DVDRip Iran - Arabic | Persian with English subtitles

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Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul is the story of a blind dervish named Bab'Aziz and his spirited granddaughter, Ishtar. Together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of dervishes that takes place just once every thirty years. With faith as their only guide, the two journey for days through the expansive, barren landscape. To keep Ishtar entertained, Bab'Aziz relays the ancient tale of a prince who relinquished his realm in order to remain next to a small pool in the desert, staring into its depths while contemplating his soul. As the tale of the prince unfolds, the two encounter other travelers with stories of their own--including Osman, who longs for the beautiful woman he met at the bottom of a well, and Zaid, who searches for the ravishing young woman who fled from him after being seduced by his songs. A fairytale-like story of longing and belonging, filmed in the enchanting and ever-shifting sandscapes of Tunisia and Iran.

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7.7/10

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