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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.
The story recounts Abedzadeh's encounter with a female musician at a wedding, where her suspicious behavior leads others, especially Abedzadeh's wife, to suspect that there had been prior interactions between them and that Abedzadeh had previously experienced a secret marriage. This suspicion escalates to the point where the footballer's wife leaves home, and...
A young couple needs money to cross the border. They decide to kidnap a movie actor, and on a rainy day, they put their plan into action. They hold him captive in a house in the north of the country and tell him to call his mother and tell her to prepare fifty million Tomans.
Kamran and Moluk, middle-aged siblings, live penniless in the family's Tehran mansion, selling furniture to pay expenses. Their brother, who owns the house, has died suddenly, and his widow, Forugh, is coming from the provinces to visit. Kamran writes an elaborate script and hires a troupe of five actors to be the household servants. The purpose of the charade, which will seem real to Forugh, is to drive her mad, perhaps to suicide, so that Kamran and Moluk can inherit the house. The play is elaborate, Forugh is fooled and terrified, and the police can't substantiate her wild claims. She appears insane to them. All is headed for the mysterious last act.
In modern day Iran, a female attorney fights for the custody of her seven year old diabetic son following a divorce from her husband. When the courts rule against her, she takes desperate actions that lead to tragic events.
A scientist has to face many hurdles to be able to continue his work.
Heshmati happens to find a golden statue while digging a well. He reckons that he's blessed forever and takes the statue to his apartment. Once it enters the apartment, the personality of the residents is changed, and a severe struggle to seize the statue begins.
Maryam believes that she does not have much time to live, but two foresights cause her to reject her own feelings. A fortune teller informs her about an engineer proposing her with flower. On the other hand, a wandered gypsy has seen a passenger in white who has taken Maryam to cure her disease. Anyway, she marries, but this is not an end for her way.
Royaa, mother of two children, tries to follow her dream of becoming a writer, while her life and relationship with her shady architect husband Jahaan, gets into some serious drama; which leads to question if everything is really what it seems to be?
A wedding day becomes a ritual of mourning when the bride's family die in an auto accident. Refusing to accept her daughter's death, and in the midst of guests and mourners, including the drivers that caused the accident, the mother orders the wedding to move forward. But how can the bride marry in the midst of a wake and without the family's traditional mirror, which the sister was bringing to the service?
After years Reza Shayesteh returns to Iran from abroad to die peacefully and buried in his hometown. But his only problem is that after his death he has nobody to mourn him and participate ...
An Iranian dramatic production that explores family and social themes, centered on an emotional and physical journey that marks a turning point for its protagonists.
