Top Fa-Language Movies
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No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)
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Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert ... and the visa that allows them to leave Tehran to do so.
About Elly (2009)
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The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
Ashkan, the Charmed Ring and Other Stories (2009)
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Two blind jewel thieves, a young man who can’t succeed at killing himself, a love-struck police officer and two female morgue attendants find their lives interconnected when an unusual fish is set free and a charmed ring is moved.
Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
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Rouhi, a young bride-to-be, is hired as a maid for an affluent family in Tehran. Upon arriving, she is suddenly thrust into an explosive domestic conflict. The wife is convinced her husband is having an affair and enlists Rouhi as a spy, to follow her husband, and confirm her suspicions. What Rouhi discovers, however, threatens not only their marriage but her own future.
Offside (2006)
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During the 2006 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain, numerous young women are caught and rounded up for dressing as men so they could gain access to the game. Guarded by several soldiers in a holding pen, the women attempt to keep updated on the score.
It's Winter (2006)
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The struggle to survive, for a generation, torn between wanting to leave its country, yet bound by blood to home.
Iron Island (2005)
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Squatters live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the hull; women keep house and raise children and Captain Nemat runs it all with an iron hand. We follow a lad who rescues fish trapped in the hull, an old man who stares at the sun, the idealistic teacher, and Ahmad, the Captain's assistant who has fallen in love with a young woman whose father wants to marry her to someone of means. What future has this sinking city?
Beautiful City (2004)
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Akbar, 18, has been held in a rehabilitation centre for committing murder at the age of sixteen. Now, Akbar is transferred to prison to await the day of his execution. A’la, a friend of Akbar, tries desperately to gain the consent of Akbar’s plaintiff so as to stop the execution.
Five Dedicated to Ozu (2003)
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Finding himself in a house in the north of Iran by the Caspian Sea, the director picked up his handheld DV camera and began filming the seemingly anodyne events happening on the 500 metres of beach in front of his house—a piece of wood toyed with by the waves, people walking by the sea, indistinct shapes on a wintry beach or noisy ducks.
Javane Irani (2003)
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Two sisters: Kimia and Kamelia get confused due to the cold atmosphere around them. Girls like to spend summer holidays on the beach in Antalya. Both of them win a trip to Mecca in the bank lottery. Kimia is not willing to make this pilgrimage, but when she goes to the house of God with her family, she is fascinated by the spiritual feeling there.
Ten (2002)
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A visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her various pick-ups and hitchhikers.
ABC Africa (2001)
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Abbas Kiarostami shoots a documentary about the AIDS crisis in Uganda.
The Circle (2000)
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Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
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After their father dies, a family of five children are forced to survive on their own in a Kurdish village on the border of Iran and Iraq.
The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
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Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural Kurdish village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
Iran Is My Land (1999)
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Sohrab, a provincial young writer, is lost in the desert on the way to Tehran to get a publication license for his book on old Persian poetry, but the trip involves some bizarre events.
Leila (1999)
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This film tells the story of a semi modern Iranian couple, who are trying to fight the old beliefs and old generation. This is a failing battle because the man is not strong enough.
The Silence (1998)
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Khorshid, a blind child growing up in Tajikistan, is constantly distracted by music and sounds. This frequently causes him to be late to his job as an instrument tuner even though he runs the risk of being fired at a time when his family is in danger of being evicted from their house.