Merila Zarei
Also Known As: مریلا زارعی, Merila Zare'i, Merila Zareei, Merila Zareyi, مریلا زارعی
Biography: Merila Zarei (مریلا زارعی) was born on 14 April 1974. She is an Iranian actress famous for A Separation, About Elly, Hush! Girls Don't Scream, Two Women, Track 143, the Fifth Reaction, Keifar, The Unwanted Woman and The Outcast. She graduated from Azad University of Tehran. During her studies Merila Zarei became interested in acting through Ezatollah Entezami's acting courses. Her first movie was in Ali Asghar Shadravan's Patak. She received the Crystal Simorgh for the best actress in a supporting role for The Friday's Soldiers from the 22nd Fajr International Film Festival. More recently, Merila Zarei appeared in Ebrahim Hatamiki a's 2016 feature film 'Bodyguard' and Reza Mirkarimi's multi award winning movie 'Daughter'.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
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Birthday: April 14, 1974
Age: 51 years old
Gender: Female
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The Other
Overview: his movie follows a boy who lives with his mother in a village. The boy has lost his father and needs to travel to Tehran with his soon to be stepfather.
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Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2010-02-03
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A Separation
Overview: A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2011-02-15
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Henas
Overview: The film Henas is made in the genre of biography and it is the story of a woman's romantic efforts to get her life out of anxiety and turmoil. The story of this movie revolves around Dariush Rezainejad, an Iranian nuclear scientist who was assassinated by Israel
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2022-02-01
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Hush! Girls Don't Scream
Overview: Hours before her scheduled marriage, young bride-to-be Shirin murders a man. The crime is completely unexpected and goes against everything we know of her. We learn that Shirin has had two unsuccessful marriage attempts, and is deeply psychologically troubled. But as the dark secrets in her past are slowly revealed, exposing a childhood of neglect, abuse, and the tragic history of two previous failed marriages, the characters must face their own battles with justice, retribution, and morality.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2013-07-31
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The Unwanted Woman
Overview: A woman trapped in an unhappy marriage: Sima, must contend with a husband so insensitive that he makes no effort to hide his various sexual indiscretions. He forces her into an even more uncomfortable situation when he asks his wife to pretend she is related to his current girlfriend in order to avoid trouble from a society that punishes unmarried couples for being together in public.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2005-08-28
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About Elly
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2009-06-06
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Track 143
Overview: Olfat is raising her children in hardship. She has one daughter and one son called Yonos who works in Kerman copper mine. One day, she finds a note at home with this massage "My friends and I are going to enter the war as soldiers". After reading this note, Olfat and his friend's parents got worried about their sons. When operation Valfajr failed, they received news about Yonos's friend. Olfat is waiting for her son too. As she finds out that the Iraqi radio announces the Iranian captives' names, she ties a radio on her back and carries it everywhere.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2014-11-12
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Two Women
Overview: A sensation when released in 1999 in Iran, Two Women charts the lives of two promising architecture students over the course of the first turbulent years of the Islamic Republic. Tahimine Milani creates this scathing portrait of those traditions - aided by official indifference - which conspire to trap women and stop them from realizing their full potential; the inclusion of frank depictions of domestic violence was hailed by many as a breakthrough in dealing with a long taboo subject.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1999-06-23
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The Little Black Fish
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2015-10-27
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Verdict
Overview: Sahand, Mohsen and Foroozande are attacking engineer Kazem's house on a rainy night and steal the house and injure him. They decide to flee Forouzande from Iran to another country. They go ...
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2005-12-05
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Che
Overview: Two days in the life of Mostafa Chamran, Iran's first post-revolutionary defense minister, as he attempts to prevent the city of Paveh from falling to Kurdish separatists in 1979.
Genres: War
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2014-02-24
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Daughter
Overview: A young girl leaves her hometown in south of Iran for a half day trip without permission of his strict father to attend a close friend's goodbye party. In her way back home hazy weather changes all she planned.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2016-06-28
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Bodyguard
Overview: A government bodyguard protects a politician from a suicide bomber, and then begins to question his dedication to his job.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2016-02-11
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Israfil
Overview: When Mahi's son dies in a car accident, Behrouz who has returned to Iran to sell his properties, attends the funeral. Their old romance catches up while Behrouz has planned to marry Sara and go back to Canada with her.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2017-02-06
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Israfil
Overview: When Mahi's son dies in a car accident, Behrouz who has returned to Iran to sell his properties, attends the funeral. Their old romance catches up while Behrouz has planned to marry Sara and go back to Canada with her.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2017-02-06
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Under the Smokey Roof
Overview: Shirin is a woman facing problems in her marriage and with her child. She's trying desperately for a way to connect with her son and her husband.
Genres: Family
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2017-02-02
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The Misunderstanding
Overview: Some college students who study cinema take a rich girl as a hostage hoping to become actors but little by little things gets more complicated making difficult for them to distinguish the real from the unreal.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-02-01
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Mastermind
Overview: Iran and Spain have agreed to launch a major project on Honduran Island in southern Iran, companies and many people have been keen to win the bid ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2019-02-01
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Half Mine, Half Yours
Overview: It's about two girls who found out that they are sisters and their father has two wives.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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The Bear
Overview: During Iran-Iraq war Noor Aldin who is a carpenter is missing. He is captured by Iraqi army. After 8 years he returns home, but finds out that in his absence his wife is married to another man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2012-02-01
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Hamechiz Baraie Foroosh
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2015-10-06
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The Fifth Reaction
Overview: Fereshteh loses her home and her two sons after her husband's accidental death when Hadj Safdar, her stubborn and powerful father-in-law, forces her to return to her parents. She is faced with the loss of her visitation rights when Hadj plans to send his grandchildren to live in a remote town. With the help of her circle of women friends she tries to take them beyond his reach, but in a patriarchal society it is hard to find a safe haven.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Gita
Overview: Gita' juxtaposes the ups and downs experienced by a couple (Gita and Amir) whose routine life is faced with despair due to their son's trip abroad. The lead role Gita encounters serious challenges and her life is accompanied with unexpected events.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2016-12-21
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Friday's Soldiers
Overview: The story of four soldiers who on a Friday go to the city with their commander. But this Friday is different and brings many troubles for them which changes them forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2004-07-29
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Deportees
Overview: The movie is the story of a gang of men who decide to participate in Iran-Iraq war, also known as First Gulf War, which lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. the main character, Suzuki, who is there to satisfy his beloved's father that he is worthy of marrying his daughter, goes through some moving experiences in the war and his character changes to a level that he even tries to sacrifice himself to save the others in the war. the Movie ends by his martyrdom.
Genres: War Comedy Action Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2007-03-20
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Cockfight
Overview: A woman treats her husband badly, so it hurts him and he goes in search of peace and affection. He meets some wicked women. His wife finds out that she was wrong, so she is regretful. Eventually, she succeeds to return her husband by some wise acts.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2009-06-12
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Nish O Zanboor
Overview: Two swindlers who mostly deceive old rich ladies fall in trap while their families are unaware of their source of income.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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The Singles
Overview: Amir Hossein, Manouchehr, and Shahkar are young and unmarried who decide to go to Emirates in order to find well-paid jobs. Unfortunately, Shahkar gets mugged by a motor rider and they lose all of their money. Shahkar's uncle suggests them working in a workshop owned by a young lady called Ms. Arabshahi. She has one condition though, that they should pass her tests.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2004-04-01
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I Feel Sleepy
Overview: Reza is a naive and honest middle age teacher that has difficulties in communicating with women. He meets a gummies saleswoman
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2012-06-13
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Leaning on the Wind
Overview: A young man leaves the sleepy confines of his village and moves to the buzzing capital of Tehran to find a job. He leaves behind his mother and fiancee, promising to return after saving enough money for the wedding. Utterly engrossed in his new life in the capital city, he encounters someone captivating enough to make him almost forget about the life he left behind. However, a shocking announcement brings him back to cold reality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Invitation
Overview: a film about how attitude dissimilar family against abortion .....
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-10
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Equation
Overview: A genius math student, Bizhan, falls in love with a classmate, Zohre. Zohre's parents postpone their marriage till Bizhan, who has been raised in an Orphanage, finds his never-known parents.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2003-04-01
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Empty Hands
Overview: Maryam's husband has been a prisoner of war for many years. Maryam leaves the house at night, her daughter suspicious of her. An anonymous call from Maryam's relationship with a stranger says.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2007-02-11
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The Report of a Celebration
Overview: An examination of the issues of the Iranian youth in the aftermath of the disputed 2009 presidential election.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2010-09-01
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Retribution
Overview: After the execution of a man, his brother tries to find those responsible for the death of his brother.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2010-06-09
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Golden Diet
Overview: When Pari and Mehdi are not able to have children, Mehdi's mother suggests he has a second marriage. This pushes Pari to seek revenge by requesting her promised dowry, which is supposed to be equal to the combined weight of her and her husband. This triggers a constant wave of strange, funny and twisted events, such as the hilariously unappealing sight of Pari gobbling everything in sight in order to increase her weight. A quirky, unforgettable comedic drama.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2012-05-15
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A Little Mistake
Overview: The story begins with a matchmaking company and continues with the exchange of the suitor with the person hired to open the safe...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-05
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Karo
Overview: It's about a teenager from Kermanshah named Karo who, after years of training, is invited to the national wrestling team, but...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2020-07-16
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Moses The Kalimullah: At Dawn
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2025-01-31
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Angels Don't Die
Overview: In a time when living in Gaza has shifted from a natural right to an imposed duty, the people of Gaza learn how to navigate and overcome this reality with resilience.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2025-02-05
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Shirin
Overview: A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle East -- remains invisible to the viewer of the film, the whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2009-04-18
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