In an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their bullying father. A man prone to rages and driven by chauvinism, the father’s abusiveness found his second wife leaving him. Now he picks on his eldest son, while the younger sibling fantasises about ways to kill his father. When the man rents out the flat above to a young woman, with intentions of marrying her, the woman’s attraction to the older son slowly pushes this profoundly damaged family to breaking point.
Sara's father
A school teacher from Tehran is preparing to attend a wedding in northern Iran. When her husband suddenly forbids her to go, she makes a choice that will place her on a painful path to atonement.
Abed
Amir, recently released from prison in France, finds himself back in Iran and in over his head when his father, a slaughterhouse worker, calls him to help him cover up a crime which has happened there.
Jamshid (voice)
Kingdom of Jamkard, ancient Persia. After defeating the armies of Ahriman, embodiment of evil, King Jamshid, bearer of the light of Divine Power, abandons his people blinded by pride, determined to conquer new lands. Thus, by chance, Zahhaak becomes regent and undertakes the reconstruction of the devastated capital. But then Ahriman, who dwells in the heart of every human being, begins to poison his tormented soul.
The film is about murdering a woman named Rezvan whose family and relatives are seeking to prove that her husband is murdered in court ...
The story of Imam Hossein's battle in Karbala, an unfair war which made one the most important effects in Islam history.
Najib
Dentist Farzad has returned to Iran after many years abroad to escape his anxieties and daily stresses. Farzad is delighted to be reunited with his old friend, Kambiz, who has been his seaside neighbor for years. However, the appearance of a mysterious object scuppers any hopes of a straightforward homecoming. When a doctor, Yasamin, gets dragged into the story, Farzad and Kambiz find their friendship threatened. A tale of chaos and the nostalgia of home, this comedy offers superb performances from its leads.
Impedida de exercer sua profissão por participar de campanhas ativistas contra o governo, uma jovem advogada de Teerã tenta conseguir um visto para deixar o país. Seu marido, um jornalista político, foi exilado e enviado para trabalhar no deserto. Grávida e sozinha, ela se cansou do Irã e considera interromper sua gravidez para conseguir sair do país por meio de um plano complexo.
Rahmat
Rahmat travels to a host of islands in a vast salt pan in order to collect the inhabitant's tears for an unknown purpose. He is joined on his mysterious journey by a young boy searching for his father. As their travel nears its end, a potent critique of the Iran's political leadership emerges.
A primeira cena de O Homem Que Comia Cerejas nos leva para o interior de uma fábrica de borracha. Uma a uma, a câmera naturalista vai nos introduzindo no mundo dessas máquinas e, consequentemente, desses homens, que por detrás delas pouco se distinguem. Em um momento, um jovem trabalhador, teoricamente distraído, tem sua mão presa por uma das engrenagens e vem a perder dois de seus dedos. Todos correm em seu auxílio, levam-no para um carro – porque a ambulância demoraria tempo demais para chegar – e o encaminham para o hospital. Se a cena nos poupa a agressão visual da decepação, reflete o mundo inóspito daquele personagens e a falta das mínimas condições de trabalho com as quais convivem, colocando suas vidas em risco dia após dia.
Officer
Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he sets out for the long and troublesome journey in a derelict bus, denying a recurring vision of his own death at half moon. Halfway the party halts at a small village to pick up female singer Hesho, which will only add to the difficulty of the undertaking, as it is forbidden for Iranian women to sing in public, let alone in the company of men. But Mamo is determined to carry through, if not for the gullible antics of the bus driver.
Addict
Ali is son of a well-off family who plays the santoor (an Iranian instrument) and has earned some reputation through his concerts and teaching music but is rejected by his family because of this profession, which they despise. He falls for one of his music students but after a short blissful period, life doesn't treat him as well as before and also his addiction agonizes him in his numbered days before redemption.
Producer
Documentary about the 2002 murder of Iranian football star Nasser Mohammad Khani's wife, the subsequent confession to the crime by his mistress Shahla and her fight to escape the death sentence. (Storyville)
A welder discovers his wife has disappeared. He sets out to look for her.
A mother of a poor family, has guests coming over, yet doesn't know how to get the dinner party altogether with limited resources.
Sergeant Naghme
Golrokh, an Iranian author, struggles to settle her husband's debts caused by a business partner who left him to bear the consequences.
