Payman Maadi

Payman Maadi

Nacimiento : 1970-07-30, New York, New York, USA

Historia

Peyman Maadi (پیمان معادی) was born in 1970 in New York City to an Iranian couple. His father was a lawyer. Peyman Maadi's family moved back to Iran when he was 5 years old. He graduated in Metallurgical Engineering from Karaj Azad University. Maadi started his film career as a screenwriter in late 2000s. He is the writer of several famous Iranian films. Peyman Maadi started his acting career in Asghar Farhadi's film About Elly (2009). Two years later, he received the Silver Bear award for Best Actor in Leading Role for his performance as Nader in Farhadi's A Separation (2011) from the Berlin International Film Fest.

Perfil

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Películas

Aporia
Jabir
Desde que perdió a su marido, Sophie ha luchado por manejar el dolor, un trabajo de tiempo completo y criar a su hija devastada, pero cuando un ex físico revela una máquina secreta que dobla el tiempo, Sophie se enfrentará a una elección imposible.
Opponent
Iman
In the aftermath of a devastating rumor, Iman and his family have been forced to flee Iran. As refugees, they end up in a run-down hotel in northern Sweden. Despite feeling powerless, Iman tries to maintain his role as the family patriarch. To increase their chances of asylum, he breaks a promise to his wife and joins the local wrestling club. As the rumours start to resurface, Iman’s fear and desperation begin to take a hold.
Leila's Brothers
Manouchehr
At 40 years old, Leila has spent her whole life taking care of her parents and her four brothers. The family argues constantly and is crushed by debts, in a country caught in the grip of international economic sanctions. As her brothers are trying to make ends meet, Leila formulates a plan: to start a family business that would save them for poverty. While they are in desperate need of financial support, Leila finds out that their father Esmail has secretly been hiding a family heirloom. He had been saving it as an offering to become the new Patriarch of the clan, the highest honor in the Persian tradition. This uncovering will bring chaos to the already fragile family dynamics. As the father's health deteriorates, the actions of each family member will gradually lead the family one step closer to implosion.
Hamid's Symphony
A Film By Jafar Sadeghi
Night Shift
Asomidin Tohirov
Tres policías parisinos están acusados de llevar a un extraño de regreso a la frontera. Sin embargo, Virginie se da cuenta de que su prisionero probablemente será asesinado al regresar a su país y, por lo tanto, intenta convencer a sus compañeros oficiales de que lo liberen.
Walnut Tree
Qader
Qader, a bricklayer from Sardasht in western Iran whose wife is pregnant with her 4th child, suddenly found himself amid a war crime perpetrated by the Saddam regime. On June 28th, 1987 Iraqi air fighters dropped mustard gas bombs on the city...
Escuadrón 6
Murat Alimov
Un multimillonario genio de la tecnología simula su muerte y conforma un equipo internacional para derrocar a un cruel dictador en una misión arriesgada y sangrienta.
La ley de Teherán
Samad
En Irán, la pena por posesión de drogas es la misma tanto si llevas 30g como 50kg: la pena de muerte. En estas condiciones, los narcotraficantes no tienen reparos en jugar a lo grande y la venta de crack se ha disparado. Como resultado, 6,5 millones de personas son toxicómanos. Después de varios años de seguir la pista al narcotraficante Nasser K. Samad, un policía persistente y expeditivo consigue por fin echarle el guante. Aunque creía que el caso estaba cerrado, el enfrentamiento con el cerebro de la red toma un giro completamente inesperado.
The Law of Tehran
Law of Tehran is an Iranian crime thriller in which a policeman goes head-to-head with a drug dealer he is desperate to bring down. The city is brimming with drug addicts, many of whom are homeless. Samad, a member of Anti-Narcotics Police Task Force, is looking for a drug kingpin, Nasser Khakzad. After several operations, Samad manages to track him down at his penthouse. Nasser goes through legal steps that lead to his death penalty and execution, but along the way, Samad comes to realize that Nasser was drawn to this path because of broken down social conditions, imposed on him and questions whether all the arrests and executions in all these years, did not have any effect on society’s drug problems
Suddenly a Tree
Farhad tells the story of his life to a psychiatrist.
Pig
Payman Maadi
Alguien está asesinando a directores de cine iraníes y Hasan, un director al que no se le permite hacer películas, se pregunta por qué el asesino no ha ido a por él.
Bomb: A Love Story
Writer
It’s 1988 and, at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, Tehran is bombed relentlessly. The days that pass are full of foreboding, and yet, love, affection, hope and life itself manage to sweep away the fear of death from those surrounded by it. Love may often be difficult to comprehend, but death is a horrible certitude. ‘Bomb, A Love Story’ shows how, even when faced with the darkness of death, love and hope will find a way.
Bomb: A Love Story
Iraj
It’s 1988 and, at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, Tehran is bombed relentlessly. The days that pass are full of foreboding, and yet, love, affection, hope and life itself manage to sweep away the fear of death from those surrounded by it. Love may often be difficult to comprehend, but death is a horrible certitude. ‘Bomb, A Love Story’ shows how, even when faced with the darkness of death, love and hope will find a way.
Bomb: A Love Story
Director
It’s 1988 and, at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, Tehran is bombed relentlessly. The days that pass are full of foreboding, and yet, love, affection, hope and life itself manage to sweep away the fear of death from those surrounded by it. Love may often be difficult to comprehend, but death is a horrible certitude. ‘Bomb, A Love Story’ shows how, even when faced with the darkness of death, love and hope will find a way.
Window Horses
Payman
Rosie Ming, una joven poeta canadiense, es invitada a tocar en un Festival de Poesía en Shiraz, Irán, pero ella preferiría estar en París. Ella vive en casa con sus abuelos chinos sobre protectores y nunca ha estado en ningún lado sola. Una vez en Irán, se encuentra en compañía de poetas y persas, todos los que cuentan historias que la obligan a confrontar su pasado; el padre iraní que ella asumió la abandonó y la naturaleza de la poesía misma. Se trata de construir puentes entre divisiones culturales y generacionales. Se trata de ser curioso. Mantenerse abierto. Y encontrar tu propia voz a través de la magia de la poesía. Rosie emprende un viaje involuntario de perdón, reconciliación y quizás, sobre todo, comprensión, al conocer el pasado de su padre, su propia identidad cultural y su responsabilidad con respecto a ella.
Abad va yek rooz
Morteza
Somaieh, la hija más joven de una familia indigente, se va a casar y el miedo es abrumador para todos y cada uno de los miembros de la familia sobre cómo superar sus dificultades después de que ella se haya ido.
13 Horas: Los soldados secretos de Bengasi
Amahl
El 11 de septiembre de 2012, en el aniversario de los ataques terroristas a las Torres Gemelas y al Pentágono, un grupo de milicianos islamistas atentaron contra el consulado estadounidense y un anexo cercano de la CIA en Bengasi, Libia. Un equipo de seis miembros de Operaciones Especiales de Estados Unidos fue enviado para rescatar a los supervivientes.
Los últimos caballeros
Emperor
La historia gira en torno a una banda de guerreros que buscará venganza después de la muerte de su maestro a manos de un emperador corrupto...
Atrapada En Guantánamo
Ali
Drama político donde Kristen Stewart interpretará a una joven que huye de una pequeña localidad para unirse al ejército. Su intención es ir destinada a Iraq, pero finalmente es enviada a Guantánamo donde entablará amistad con un prisionero que lleva ocho años encarcelado.
Melbourne
Amir and Sara are a young couple on their way to Melbourne to continue their studies. However, just a few hours before the departure of their flight, they are unintentionally involved in a tragic event.
Tales
Taxi Driver
Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class society.
The Snow on the Pines
Writer
Piano teacher Roya (Mahnaz Afshar) realizes that her marriage to Ali is in a deadlock when she discovers some of her husband's secrets. In the meantime she meets a young musician (Saber Abar) and has to make a painful choice.
The Snow on the Pines
Director
Piano teacher Roya (Mahnaz Afshar) realizes that her marriage to Ali is in a deadlock when she discovers some of her husband's secrets. In the meantime she meets a young musician (Saber Abar) and has to make a painful choice.
From Iran, a Separation
Self - Actor
In March 2012, Iranian movie "A Separation" by Asghar Farhadi, won the Oscar Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. For the Iranian people this was more than a cinematic award. When sanctions and threats of war with Iran covered the world headlines, Farhadi talked about Iran's love for peace and the rich culture of the Iranians on the stage when receiving his award. This time the Iranians voice was heard through someone other than the government officials. This documentary shows the reaction of the Iranians to this Oscar award and has a general view on Iran's society of today.
Nader y Simin, una separación
Nader
Nader (Peyman Moaadi) y Simin (Leila Hatami) son un matrimonio iraní con una hija. Simin quiere abandonar Irán en busca de una vida mejor, pero Nader, que desea quedarse para cuidar a su padre, que tiene Alzheimer, le pide el divorcio. Como no lo consigue, se muda a vivir con sus padres y contrata a una mujer para que le ayude a cuidar a su padre. Un día, al llegar a casa, encuentra al anciano atado a la cama; a partir de ese momento, su vida dará un vuelco.
A propósito de Elly
Peyman
Ahmad, un iraní que vive en Alemania desde hace años, regresa de vacaciones a su país natal. Sus amigos de la Universidad celebran su llegada con una excursión de tres días en el mar Caspio. Su amiga Sepideh, que sabe que acaba de divorciarse de una alemana, invita a Elly, la maestra de su hija. Al día siguiente, Elly desaparece sin dejar rastro, y todos culpan a Sepideh por haberla invitado. Poco a poco, la verdad sobre Elly acaba por salir a la luz. Seleccionada por Irán como candidata al Oscar 2010 en la categoría de película de habla no inglesa.
Cafe Setareh
Writer
Filmmaker Saman Moghadam details the struggles of three women living in an antiquated district of Tehran in this emotionally resonant drama. Fabria's husband has been morally corrupted, and now it's up to her to take charge of the small café that proves the only source of income to the couple. Saloomeh is a beautiful young woman who dreams of marrying Ebi, but how will the couple survive on the salary of a simple mechanic? Lastly, middle aged Moluk has fallen for a much younger man, and her heart breaks when she discovers that her love is unrequited.
Wedding Dinner
Writer
Two youngsters from rich families fall in love and decide to get marry but they don't know that both their parents are broke. This creates funny situations for them and the two families.
Coma
Writer
This comedy narrates the many adventures of a millionaire's handsome, sassy son named Amir - born into a world of privilege, he is used to getting everything he desires. This time his eyes turn to a peerless lady but her untamable will, combined with a sudden rush of plucky hoodlums, makes his task harder than first thought. Will he prevail or will he be in for a rude awakening?
Thirst
Writer
A trio of misfits - a hoodlum, a master of disguise, and a thief join forces to perform one of the biggest and most daring heists of their lives. The place? One of the most important hotels...
Swan Song
Writer
After being unjustly expelled from university, a young couple return home to parents who are against their union. After the young man is arrested and subsequently breaks out of prison, the two decide to go on the run. As they plan and move forward with their escape, the police hunt them at every turn. With the two ignorant to the extent of the trouble they are in, will they ever manage to get their happy ending?
The Test