Self
An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.
Maman
Если свои герои заканчиваются — их завозят из заграницы! Джимми выиграл «гринкарту» в лотерею и на всех парах мчится в Штаты. Когда Борат уже забыт, а Бонд пьет свой чай с оливками, пора готовиться к новой встряске! Ой держись, Америка!
Bita
У журналиста, работающего в Иране, ломается машина, он просит помощи в местной деревне. Но помощь нужна не ему одному. Здесь он встречает женщину по имени Захра, которая хочет рассказать о своей племяннице Сорайе и о кровавых обстоятельствах ее вчерашней смерти в надежде обличить жестокие законы шариата. Ее последняя и единственная надежда на справедливость — этот журналист, который должен уйти с историей, чтобы рассказать о насилии всему миру.
Madame
The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries keeping an emotional distance but when this finally fails she begins physically avoiding her father. He confronts her about an affair with a married Russian man and she, in turn, lets loose about all the gossip she'd heard as a young girl about his alleged affair with a female colleague back in China.
Mother (voice)
A Croatian soldier turned boxer is haunted by disturbing dreams of the Virgin Mary that lead him to post-911 America (Oakland) to fulfill a religious vision in this suspenseful and timely look at the violence underlying any form of fundamentalism. Made in the months following the 9/11 attacks, the film offers a warning to anyone who misreads religious texts as a means to profaning the holiness of life.
An Iranian couple (Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mohsen Marzban) declare themselves political refugees after police detain them on their way to Cuba.
Mehri
Amir who needs money to marry with his fiance Maryam begins to do illegal working in a gang of a guy Afshar. Afshar's wife falls in love with Amir but he doesn't care for her. One day Afshar sees them alone and becomes suspicious.
