The Painting Pool (2013)

Tunnel 18 (Persian: تونل 18‎‎) is a 1997 Iranian Historical drama film written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)

THE BRIGHT DAY weaves a story that has its roots in the complexity of Iran’s draconian laws governing capital punishment. A kindergarten teacher hopes to aid the father of one of her young students, a man accused of manslaughter, by convincing each of seven reluctant witnesses to come forward. No one lacks a hidden agenda in this drama in which shades of truth collide with self-interest and the specter of payback. (Gene Siskel Film Center)

Hundred to one hundred (Persian: صدبرابرصد‎‎) is a 1995 Iranian film written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)

Bright Shadow (Persian: سايه روشن‎‎) is a 1997 Iranian drama film written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)

Elevator (Persian: آسانسور‎‎) is a 1995 social drama Iranian film, written and directed by Hossein Shahabi (Persian: حسین شهابی)

Forough is a middle aged woman whose husband has temporarily married with another woman. Even though that was kept secret from her, but his action is considered legal in Iran. Now the husband is in prison, due to not being able to pay second wife’s “Mehrieh” (the bride’s marriage portion).The second wife intends to receive her Mehrieh by asking the court’s permission to sell his house. Forough, the first wife, in order to not lose her home, intends to sell all she has to pay for her husband’s debt and release him from the jail.

娘のためにイランを出ようとする妻と離婚協議中のナデル。同居中である痴呆症の父を世話するためラジエーという女性を雇うが、思わぬ事件が巻き起こって……。ミステリーとイランの離婚問題を交錯させた秀逸ドラマ。

Echo (Persian: پژواك‎‎) is a 1997 Iranian Drama film Written and directed by Hossein Shahabi.

Arghavan is a woman close to middle age. When she and her husband take the pet dog to the vet, if someone has forced the animal to eat a lot of sweets, which is likely to make him blind.

アイオワ州エンドーラ。生まれてから24年、この退屈な町を出たことがない青年ギルバートは、知的障害を持つ弟アーニー、過食症を病む250kgの母親、2人の姉妹の面倒を見ている。毎日を生きるだけで精一杯のギルバートの前に、ある日トレーラー・ハウスで祖母と旅を続ける少女ベッキーが現れる。ベッキーの出現によりギルバートの疲弊した心にも少しずつ変化が起こっていく。

London, England, April 1980. Six terrorists assault the Embassy of Iran and take hostages. For six days, tense negotiations are held while the authorities decide whether a military squad should intervene.

大恐慌中の1935年。コールドマウンテン刑務所にあり、処刑室に続く通路があせた緑色であるため、“グリーンマイル”と呼ばれる死刑囚専用棟に殺人犯コーフィが収監される。だが、幼女惨殺の罪状とは裏腹に、コーフィは素晴らしい力を持っていた。彼は看守長ポールの重度の尿路感染症を治癒し、残忍な看守パーシーに踏み殺されたネズミをよみがえらせる。奇跡を目の当たりにしたポールはコーフィが本当に殺人犯なのか疑いだす。

自由奔放な青年が重度の自閉症の兄と出会って心を開き、忘れていた愛情を取り戻して行く過程を描いた心暖まる感動のロード・ムービー。高級外車のディーラーをしているチャーリーの元に自分を勘当した父の訃報が届く。遺産目当てに故郷に戻った彼だったが遺産の300万ドルは見た事もない自閉症の兄、レイモンドの手に渡る事を聞かされる。なんとか金を物にしようとチャーリーは施設にいるレイモンドを誘拐まがいに連れ出し、ロスに戻ろうとするのだったが……。

ニューヨークの最下層で先の見えない生活を送る青年コニーと弟ニック。ある日2人は銀行強盗をしようとするが、ニックだけが逮捕され刑務所へ送られてしまう。ニックが刑務所内でいじめられ、暴れて病院へ移送されたことを知ったコニーは、弟を救うため病院へ忍び込むが。

1940年代、アラバマ州で生まれたフォレスト・ガンプは、知能指数こそ人に劣るが、母親にたっぷりの愛情を注がれて育ち、優しいハートと走る能力は誰にも負けない男性に成長していく。そんなフォレストは、ただひとり彼に理解を示してくれた幼なじみの女性ジェニーの愛を信じる一方、ベトナムの戦場に出征するなど、1950年代に始まるアメリカの歴史の大きな動きの中で、図らずも波瀾万丈の半生を送ることになる。

In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.

ジョン・トラボルタが映画オタクのストーカーを演じるスリラー。ハリウッド大通りでパフォーマーをしながら、さえない毎日を送っている映画オタクのムース。そんな彼の夢は、熱狂的なファンである人気俳優ハンター・ダンバーからサインをもらうことだった。しかし、ようやく念願かなって参加したサイン会でダンバーから冷たくあしらわれたことから、ムースの愛情が歪みはじめる。ダンバーの豪邸を突き止めたムースは何度も彼に接触を試みるが、ムースを気味悪がるダンバーから激しく拒絶されてしまう。そして、ムースのダンバーへの行動が次第に暴走していき……。監督は「奇跡のロングショット」のフレッド・ダースト。

A philosophical burlesque, Human Nature follows the ups and downs of an obsessive scientist, a female naturalist, and the man they discover, born and raised in the wild. As scientist Nathan trains the wild man, Puff, in the ways of the world - starting with table manners - Nathan's lover Lila fights to preserve the man's simian past, which represents a freedom enviable to most.

Rain Tree (Persian: درخت بارانی‎‎) is a 2001 Iranian drama film Written and directed by Hossein Shahabi.

A Tehran mullah-in-training struggles to take care of his ailing wife and their children in this profoundly moving melodrama. A film of near-universal appeal, it puts a human face on Iran's Muslim clergy with its unusual tale of a man forced by hardship to become a better husband and father. Seyed Reza has just moved with his family to Tehran so he can study the Koran, and he relies on his lovely wife Zahra to look after their two young children and weave the intricate rugs that earn them a living. But one evening Zahra collapses and is taken to the hospital, where she's diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Scarcely able to process the tragedy, Seyed is left to cook, change diapers, walk his daughter to school and take his toddler son with him to his classes, where peers and elders treat him with scorn. But Seyed eventually learns to cope, his prayers and devotional studies taking on deeper meaning as he attends to the hard nightly work of rug weaving, getting through with a heavy ...

In order to prepare her best and brightest for the upcoming chemistry Olympiad, strict, conservative headmistress Ms. Darabi is forced to break her lifelong rule of not allowing male teachers in the school and reluctantly hires the bumbling Mr. Jebeli. Little does she know though that several of her students, led by the self-assured Paria, have a plan to get her to fall in love with him. 'No Men Allowed' is a hilarious, rollicking romcom, chock-full of witty dialogue and zany antics that will have you coming back time and time again!

An addict is captured by a Dracula. Dracula's wife prevents him from killing the victim. The addict suggests a remedy which turns Dracula's life upside down.