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Tag Archives: Iranian cinema
a cry for freedom (film: Sheytan vojood nadarad / There is No Evil – Mohammad Rasoulof, 2020)
Mohammad Rasoulof‘s 2020 film ‘Sheytan vojood nadarad‘ (‘There is No Evil‘ is the English title) confirms once again that great cinema can be made even under dictatorship. It is not always possible and many stars have to line up for … Continue reading
‘film noir’ in Tehran (film: Law of Tehran / Metri shesh va nim – Saeed Roustayi, 2019)
We are used to Iranian films that are different. Many of them feature plots inspired by everyday and family life, and their beauty lies in the combination of subtle subjects and dialogues and the presentation of the life in a … Continue reading
holy crimes (film: Holy Spider – Ali Abbasi, 2022)
Ali Abbasi, an Iranian director living in Scandinavia for over a decade chose a famous case that happened in Iran in 2000 and 2001 as an opportunity to make in ‘Holy Spider‘ a film that deals with one of the … Continue reading
a work of art (film: 24 Frames – Abbas Kiarostami, 2017)
‘24 Frames‘ is one of those films that, in retrospect, is said to be a testament of a great director. There are enough arguments in favor of this categorization, including the final frame or scene in which we have on … Continue reading
animated realism (film: Tehran Taboo – Ali Soozandeh, 2017)
‘Tehran Taboo‘ is a film that could not have been made in Iran today. Its creator, film director and animator Ali Soozandeh lives in exile, and the film was made in Germany and Austria in 2017. The action takes place … Continue reading
couple drama in an insecure world (Film: ‘The Salesman’ – Ashgar Farhadi, 2016)
Films are one good media for taking the pulse of a society at a certain moment in time, for surfacing explicitly or implicitly its problems, for making it known beyond borders of countries or cultures. Iran is a country little … Continue reading
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Tagged Asghar Farhadi, Iran, Iranian cinema, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti
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