Susan Taslimi
Biography: Susan Taslimi (Persian: سوسن تسلیمی, born 7 February 1950) is an Iranian actress, film director, theatre director, and screenwriter. She emigrated to Sweden in 1987. Taslimi is the first non-European to play the lead role on a national theater stage in Sweden.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 07, 1950
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Known For
Wallander 22 - Angel of Death
2010-01-20
Wallander 22 - Angel of Death
Overview: A choir of young women gives a guest performance in a country church outside Ystad. But when an 18-year-old member of the choir disappears, Wallander is brought in to investigate.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2010-01-20
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Bashu, the Little Stranger
1991-04-03
Bashu, the Little Stranger
Overview: During the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu, a young boy loses his house and all his family. Scared, he sneaks into a truck that is leaving the area. He gets off the truck in the Northern part of the country, where everything from landscape to language is different. He meets Naii, who is trying to raise her two young children on a farm, while her husband is away. Despite cultural differences, and the fact that they do not speak the same language, Bashu and Naii slowly form a strong bond.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1991-04-03
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Black Crab
2022-03-18
Black Crab
Overview: To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2022-03-18
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Maybe Some Other Time
1988-02-01
Maybe Some Other Time
Overview: Famed actress Susan Taslimi plays three roles here: Kian, who doubts her identity; Vida, the twin sister, a self-assured artist; and their mother, who gives up one child out of fear of poverty, then deprives the other of affection because she deeply regrets the child whom she has abandoned.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1988-02-01
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Maya Nilo (Laura)
2022-11-04
Maya Nilo (Laura)
Overview: Nilo is a feminist writer, living an orderly life with her husband and 13-year-old daughter Laura. When her irresponsible sister Maya, whose projects constantly tend to bomb, both "kidnaps" Nilo's Volvo and daughter and heads south, Nilo tags along. The goal of the trip is Portugal, where the sisters’ complicated mother recently diagnosed with cancer lives, together with Maya’s son, who it has finally become time to take responsibility for.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2022-11-04
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Distant
2019-05-19
Distant
Overview: A documentary about Susan Taslimi, she's an Iranian actress, film director, theatre director, and screenwriter. Taslimi emigrated from Iran in 1987.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2019-05-19
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Death of Yazdgerd
1982-04-01
Death of Yazdgerd
Overview: Bahram Beyzai's poetic imagining of the circumstances that led to the death of Yazdgerd III, the last of the Sassanid kings of Iran. His death in 651, during the Arab invasions that brought Islam to this Zoroastrian realm, was mysterious: his corpse was discovered in a mill, but the cause of his death—and the whereabouts of his remains—are unknown.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1982-04-01
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The Mare
1986-01-01
The Mare
Overview: 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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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The Charmer
2018-05-17
The Charmer
Overview: A young Iranian man is desperately trying to meet women who can secure his stay in Denmark. As time runs out, he falls in love and his past catches up with him. The film deals with themes of race, class, and the struggle for a better life.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2018-05-17
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Ballad of Tara
1979-04-01
Ballad of Tara
Overview: Tara, the young beautiful widow, returns with her two young children from country to her village. On her way home, she finds out that her grandfather has passed away. She distributes grandpa’s belongings among her neighbours. But there remains an old sword that no one will accept. One day on the road, she meets an ancient warrior. He claims that his clan have sent him to present time to take the old sword back. Tara finally submits the sword to him, but he returns upon realizing that he has fallen powerfully in love with her.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1979-04-01
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The Spell
1987-01-01
The Spell
Overview: A young couple accept an arranged marriage to stop the fighting between their respective clans. On the way home from their wedding, they get lost in a dark forest on a stormy night. They take refuge in an eerie mansion, inhabited by an old man obsessed with the past, and his creepy servant. As the night progresses, they learn the terrible secrets hidden in the house. Similar to many other films in this genre, with a few interesting plot turns.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Grænsen
1995-01-01
Grænsen
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Original Language: da
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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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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