
Farhad Khanmohammadi
1945 - 2008The Mare
Ali Zhekan
Susan Taslimi, Hossein Mahjoub
Noted Iranian actress Susan Taslimi plays an impoverished single mother who agees to marry off her 13-year-old daughter to a middle-aged man in return for a mare, which will help her earn an income and provide for her younger children. Director Ali Zhekan paints a stark picture of poverty and patriarchy in rural Iran (the mother stores her rice in a container hidden in a tree; her brother, who brokered the wedding, mercilessly beats the recalcitrant child), but this 1986 film is distinguished mostly by Taslimi's increasingly fiery performance as the mother decides to defend her daughter's freedom.
The Mare
سرب
Masud Kimiai
Hadi Eslami, Amin Tarokh
Tehran, 1948. A young Jewish couple, Danial and his wife Munes, decide to immigrate to the recently founded state of Israel. But their application is rejected on the ground of the documents against Danial's uncle, Yaghub, how is suspected of betrayal. A Zionist agent, named Yezghel, finds out Yaghub's home and stabs him. One of Yaghub's neighbours who witnesses the crime is blamed for murder. Fearing for their lives, Munes and Danial escape to the north of Iran in order to leave the country. The Neighbour's brother, Nuri, a journalist, sets off on their heels to bring them to the court to give testimony on his brother's innocence.
The Lead
دو نفر و نصفی
Yadollah Samadi
Faramarz Gharibian, Alireza Khamseh
Khosrow and Alireza have a simple single life in Tehran. Someday, the carriage of the one year-old Parisa, which was abandoned at the downhill of a park, happens to stop in front of their house after passing a few blocks. They suppose that she is a foundling so they decide to take care of her. Eventually, the child's mother, Mehri, finds her daughter in their home...
Two and a Half Men
افعی
Mohammadreza Elami
Jamshid Hashempour, Kamran Bakhtar
While passing the Iranian borders illegally 6 persons are captured by a terrorist group Af'i. The boss of the group is Baktash and they have rivals who are fight them. Meanwhile one of the 6 captured is Shahin who is a secret agent of the Iranian government.
The Viper
بادامهای تلخ
Kazem Ma'soumi
Fariborz Arabnia, Bahare Rahnama
Engineer "Zarin", the influential and creative member of Pars Electric Company finds out about currency smugglers in some exporting activities of the company and opposes them severely. He decides to resist them with the help of his colleagues. But the smugglers who fail to stop them by threatening start violation and murder to prevent Zarin and his friends interfering.
Bitter Almonds