Tehran Taboo (2017)

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During a film shoot in Tehran the director is trying to film a romantic scene but the government censor keeps interrupting and getting involved.

The executioner Xie Qi, who is in charge of the ghost-headed knife, will encounter the ghost of a woman who is back for revenge because he killed the female prisoner during the taboo of three quarters of noon. The people of the town were very angry and blamed Xie Qi for all the inauspicious things that happened. Xie Qi wants to use the old method of stitching up the human head back to its body and subsequently burn it to pacify the female ghost, but unexpectedly the human head was stolen, and the body sewer was killed. The case of the town’s wealthy merchants grave moving and the girl’s disappearance, things start coming together, and Xie Qi is now in grave danger…

Documentary directed by W.K. Border, that which dives into the aspects of contemporary Gothic subculture, vampirism, and BDSM culture. Filmed in 1997 in California.

It tells a variety of stories about love that has gone wrong: a brother and sister in an illicit relationship, a married painter who falls in love with his young male life model, a dance school teacher who is besotted with his senior student, and a lesbian couple, one of whom has role-play paranoia, and is caught in a complex love triangle.

Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.

A high priest tries to force a young beauty to marry a pearl trader who is masquerading as the god Balu.

This story starts in 1980 in Paris as the memories of Andrei Borodin, a Soviet agent, take the action back to 1943 during the Teheran meetings of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill. A high-ranking Nazi officer developed a plan to assassinate the three world leaders in order to undermine the Allied forces. He commissioned the German agent Max Richard to carry out his plan, but it failed miserably due to the quick action and thinking of Andrei. While in Teheran, Andrei met a French woman, Marie Louni, living in the city and they had a brief but intense affair. Nearly four decades later, the Nazi officer has been captured - but not for long. Freed by terrorists, the officer is hunting down the German agent who failed to carry out the planned assassinations. Max lives at Françoise, a young French woman, who hides him.

Saleem is an Indian student living in Leeds with his parents. He meets Daz at a gay cruising spot, and they have a night of mutually enjoyable sex. Saleem is nonetheless ashamed of himself and what he has done the next day.

RUNAWAY follows the stories of five young girls who arrive at a refuge in Iran’s capital city Tehran, having run away from abusive or neglectful families. Some are in despair, others are simply mischievous; but somehow they must all learn to face the future.

内気で不器用な高校生テッドが憧れのメリーとデートする幸運をつかむが、ズボンのファスナーがひっかかるトラブルがもとでデートは中止、メリーとの仲もそれきりになってしまう。13年後、テッドはまだメリーのことを忘れられず--やや妄執的--、怪しげな探偵パット・ヒーリーを雇って、マイアミに住むメリーを調査してもらう。ところがパットもメリーに夢中になってしまい、テッドとパットのあいだで騙しあい化かし合いのメリー争奪戦になる。やがて2人はメリーに首ったけなのが自分たちだけではないのを知り、結局、5人の男たちがメリーに自分を選ぶよう迫ることになる。

Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.

Tehran Is the Capital of Iran (1966-79) documents life in a deprived district in the south of Tehran. The images of destitution in Tehran's poor areas is accompanied by a variety of spoken accounts: the official viewpoint on the district's living conditions, what the inhabitants have to say, and occasional extracts read out of school manuals. The key element in Shirdel's film is the counterpoint effect he creates with image and sound. His impressively powerful portrayal of social unease helps reinforce the impact of his astonishing documentary images and social themes.

Every year, thousands of commercials are made that never reach our TV screens, deemed too shocking to see. In order to make it onto the screen, they must clear all manner of obstacles, from fussy clients to obsessive regulators and restrictive rights issues. X-Rated takes a look at these outlawed pieces of advertising, revealing the most explicit, controversial and shocking ads never seen. These are ads that break all manner of taboos, from sex, violence, blasphemy, homosexuality, animal cruelty, rapping pensioners, swearing children, suicidal toys and naked athletes to Kylie in her undies on a bucking bronco. Amongst the contributors are advertising executives, producers and censors. The programme also takes a look at the embarrassing world of western celebrities in Japanese ads.

FEATHERED COCAINE is not a wildlife documentary. It is a documentary about the international trade of falcons. After the trade of drugs, people and weapons, smuggling falcons is ranked No 4 in the list of the most profitable illegal trades. Most people are not aware that the effects of the falcon trade has exerted huge influence over thousands of years on politics, economy and society all around the world. FEATHERED COCAINE reveals in an investigative way the contexts between the trade of falcons and historical events, where royal dynasties, institutions like the CIA and the KGB, the oil industry and Al Queda were involved. This documentary was filmed and released shortly before the 'supposed' execution of Osama bin Laden, who CIA Operative Alan Parrot & his Team had met with 6 times between 2004 & 2010. As of October 11th, 2020.

A young woman is murdered by her own father, with the help of her younger brother. She is secretly buried in the cellar, a space where the women of the family weave carpets and perform other domestic chores. Her loss, or perhaps her presence, continues to haunt the family as it reverberates through the following generations. Ayyari’s film is staged exclusively in this house and was banned several times in Iran.

Between 1933 and 1945 roughly 1200 films were made in Germany, of which 300 were banned by the Allied forces. Today, around 40 films, called "Vorbehaltsfilme", are locked away from the public with an uncertain future. Should they be re-released, destroyed, or continue to be neglected? Verbotene Filme takes a closer look at some of these forbidden films.

母の再婚を機に、血のつながらない兄・夕哉とひとつ屋根の下で暮らすことになった神前美月。ある日、美月の前に自分を幽霊だという謎の少女・日和が現れて、彼女に憑依された上に下半身に貞操帯をはめられる。日和を成仏させ、貞操帯を取り外すためには、彼女が憧れていたという夕哉と恋仲にならなければいけないと知った美月。嫌がる彼女だったが、夕哉を狙っている女性が登場したのをきっかけに、自分でも思いも寄らなかった気持ちの変化を感じ取っていく。

シシリー島で暮らす生地商のイグナツィオは、妻を亡くしてから長男アントニオ、次男ニーノ、三男エンジーノと男だけの生活を送っていた。ある日、若く美しい娘アンジェラが、お手伝いとしてやって来る。イグナツィオは優しく気の利くアンジェラが気に入り、何かと彼女の気を引こうと躍起になる。ところがアントニオも、アンジェラの魅力の虜になっていたのだった。一方でニーノは、そんな父と兄の態度に反感を持っていた...。

A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…

1978年のテヘランに住む9歳の少女マルジは、両親や祖母とともに何不自由なく暮らしていた。そんなある日、革命が始まり、新イスラム共和国が誕生。反政府主義者として投獄されていたアヌーシュおじさんも解放され、マルジは彼からさまざまなことを教えてもらうが、その後アヌーシュは新政府に逮捕されてしまう。＜マルジャン・サトラピの半自伝的バンド・デシネ『ペルセポリス』を原作に長編アニメとして製作した作品。第60回カンヌ国際映画祭審査員賞を受賞。第80回アカデミー賞外国語映画賞のフランス代表作品であり、長編アニメ映画賞にノミネートされた。＞

A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.

嵐の中、荒れ狂う海に放りだされた男が九死に一生を得て、ある無人島にたどり着いた。必死に島からの脱出を試みるが、見えない力によって何度も島に引き戻される。絶望的な状況に置かれた男の前に、ある日、一人の女が現れた──。

Separated from his daughter, a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.

昭和20年6月9日、神戸は大空襲に見舞われ、清太は心臓の悪い母を先に防空壕へ避難させ、幼い妹節子を連れて後を追う。空襲の後、避難所である学校に着いた清太だったが、そこには、全身にやけどを負い瀕死の母の姿があった。母はそのまま息を引き取り、清太は節子と共に西宮にある叔母の家に間借りするが、次第に清太たちを厄介者扱いするようになる。嫌味を言われ、ご飯も満足に食べさせてもらえない生活に耐え切れなくなった清太は、家出を決意し、節子と２人で池のほとりの横穴での生活を始める。

ジャズピアニストになることを夢見る音楽教師のジョーに、ニューヨークのジャズクラブで演奏するチャンスが巡ってくる。しかし喜びもつかの間、彼はマンホールに落ちてしまう。そこには青くかわいい姿の魂(ソウル)たちの世界が広がり、人間として生まれる前にどんな自分になるかを決めていた。夢を追い続けるジョーがそこで出会ったのは、自分がどのようになりたいかを決められない「ソウルの22番」だった。

第2次世界大戦下の1939年イギリス、若き天才数学者アラン・チューリングはドイツ軍の暗号エニグマを解読するチームの一員となる。高慢で不器用な彼は暗号解読をゲーム感覚で捉え、仲間から孤立して作業に没頭していたが、やがて理解者が現れその目的は人命を救うことに変化していく。いつしか一丸となったチームは、思わぬきっかけでエニグマを解き明かす。

1981年、犯罪が多発する大都会ゴッサムシティ。ピエロの仕事をしているアーサーは貧しく、老いた母親ペニーと暮らす上、突然笑いだしてしまうという心の病に悩むが、TV界の人気司会者フランクリンを憧れの対象にして日々耐え忍んでいた。ある日、失業したアーサーは地下鉄で、女性客に嫌がらせをしていた男性3人組を偶然持っていた拳銃で皆殺しにしてしまう。以後アーサーは、自身の心にあった怒りを解放させていく。

過去に度々事業に失敗、計画性も仕事もないが楽天的な父キム・ギテク。そんな甲斐性なしの夫に強くあたる母チュンスク。大学受験に落ち続け、若さも能力も持て余している息子ギウ。美大を目指すが上手くいかず、予備校に通うお金もない娘ギジョンは、“ 半地下住宅”で 暮らす貧しい4人家族だ。“半地下”の家は、暮らしにくい。窓を開ければ、路上で散布される消毒剤が入ってくる。電波が悪い。Wi-Fiも弱い。水圧が低いからトイレが家の一番高い位置に鎮座している。家族全員、ただただ“普通の暮らし”がしたい。受験経験は豊富だが学歴のないギウは、ある時、エリート大学生の友人から留学中の代打を頼まれる。ギウが向かった先は、IT企業の社長パク・ドンイク一家が暮らす高台の大豪邸だった。