Parvaneh Massoumi
Biography: Parvaneh Massoumi is an actress and production designer, known for Golhaye Davoudi (1985), Mosafere rey (2001) and Gharibeh Va Meh (1976)
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 01, 1945
Deathday: November 27, 2023
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Women According to Men
2023-04-16
Women According to Men
Overview: Before the Islamic Revolution in Iran, women's lives were strongly determined by two contradictory factors: the traditional patriarchy and the shah's modernisation policies. This film-excerpt collage starts in 1932 – the year the first Iranian film with sound was made – and ends in 1979 revealing how, during this period, women were depicted by generally male film directors.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2023-04-16
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Search the City
1986-04-01
Search the City
Overview: A woman emigrates abroad after the Iranian revolution. Four years later she returns to the country to find her husband and children.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1986-04-01
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Pure White
2022-02-25
Pure White
Overview: This documentary movie explores the professional life of Parviz Fanizadeh, Iranian actor of the 60s and 70s cinema and theater, with investigating through archival footage of his works and referring to his fellow artists.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2022-02-25
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Downpour
1972-07-08
Downpour
Overview: A well educated and humble teacher arrives in a new city and at a new job in the pre-revolutionary Iran. He falls in love with a hardworking underprivileged young woman that nurses her very old mother and raises her young brother. In an environment where commitments and social problems often stand in the way between people and their dreams.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1972-07-08
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Captain Khorshid
1987-03-02
Captain Khorshid
Overview: Captain Khorshid is a sailor who although only having one hand, manages to sail his little boat. In his village, due to its hot climate and hard living conditions, dangerous criminals are sent into exile. They want to escape from the area, so they ask a middleman to strike a deal with Khorshid. Khorshid is asked to illegally take them out of the country with his boat. At first he is reluctant, but because of the hardships of living he accepts the job.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1987-03-02
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Bita
1972-08-21
Bita
Overview: Hajir Darioush's first and last commercially successful film, "Bita" is about a young woman's struggle to come to terms with social barriers facing her, starring Googoosh.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1972-08-21
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The Raven
1977-01-01
The Raven
Overview: When Mr. Esalat is looking for a topic for his TV show, he notices an advertisement in the newspaper about a missing girl. The picture of the missing girl is very familiar to him and he tries to remember where he saw it before. His wife Asieh is a teacher and at home she writes his mother's diary. When he searches for the address in that advertisement, he finds that it belongs to 30 years ago. Asieh is becoming interested in the missing girl too.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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The City of Tales
1972-01-01
The City of Tales
Overview: Shahr-e ghesse is perhaps the most popular of all Persian plays, was written in traditional rhythmic style that resulted in a kind of musical drama. Although it seems at first glance to have been written for children, its main audience, it is in fact a parable about contemporary socio political issues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Reverse
2019-01-30
Reverse
Overview: "Reverse" is the story of a boy named Salar who, along with his friend, has a mobile outfit and repairs old cars. He faces an identity crisis and has many questions in his mind until after his father's years. The father calls the boy to the address.
Genres: Action
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2019-01-30
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Journey
1972-01-02
Journey
Overview: The story is about two poor boys’ search for their father through a Journey from downtown to uptown. Two hungry boys are forced to move through the events, people and unrealistic and risky places in a nightmarish way. A daily journey in search of their lost identity and worth!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1972-01-02
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The Stranger and the Fog
2024-08-17
The Stranger and the Fog
Overview: A young man, suffering from loss of memory, drifts in on a canoe onto the shore of the Persian Gulf. He falls in love with a beautiful village woman and settles down, until strangers come from the sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2024-08-17
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Off-Limits
1986-02-01
Off-Limits
Overview: Mohammad Javad Halimi is a simple government's employer who manages after years to buy a house for himself outside the city's limits. But in the second night in his new house a thief is coming to his house. He manages to catch the thief but delivering him to the authorities is another story.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1986-02-01
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Janaan
2019-01-01
Janaan
Overview: Janan is a film directed by Kamran Qadakchian, written by Farhad Tohidi and produced by Mohammad Najibi, produced in 1397. This film has been screened in Iranian cinemas since August 7, 2009.
Genres: Family Romance
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2019-01-01
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The Suitcase
1988-04-01
The Suitcase
Overview: On a road trip to the north the members of the family find a suitcase. They want to open it but the head of the family is not allowing them. This marks the beginning of the adventures for them in the rest of their trip.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1988-04-01
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Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992-02-01
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Overview: The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically transported back in time from the early twentieth century to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah in 19th century Iran. Captured by the Shah's guards, he shows films from the history of Iranian cinema to the Shah. The Shah is entranced and eagerly shows his family the apparently magical medium.
Genres: Fantasy History Comedy
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1992-02-01
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Tatooreh
1984-08-01
Tatooreh
Overview: Gorgo saves a drunk American from the sea and takes him back to his home where he lives with his wife. The drunk American, Rep, tries to rape Gorgo's wife after he gets sober and thus is thrown out of the house and beat up. Gorgo is bankrupt now and has to work in a Road Construction company, where Rep also works as one of the main engineers. The story goes on with a series of unfortunate events consisting of death and rebellion and false accusations...
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1984-08-01
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Chrysanthemum
1984-08-01
Chrysanthemum
Overview: Abbas is set to be released after 20 years in prison But on the day of his release, Abbas dies.Abbas's wife could not give the news to her blind child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1984-08-01
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Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
2016-12-31
Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2016-12-31
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Bahram Beyzaie: A Mosaic of Metaphors
Bahram Beyzaie: A Mosaic of Metaphors
Overview: A documentary film by Bahman Maghsoodloo about Bahram Bayzaei and his cinema, released in 2019. Maghsoodloo's conversations with Bayzaei in this film were recorded in Tehran in 2002 and Palo Alto in 2017.
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Original Language: fa
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Prophet Joseph
2008-12-01
Prophet Joseph
Overview: The story follows Joseph's journey from being sold by his brothers to Egypt, his trials in Potiphar's house, imprisonment, rise to power interpreting dreams, reunion with his family after proving his brothers' remorse.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2008-12-01
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