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Ali Reza Zarrindast

Ali Reza Zarrindast

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Biography

Alireza Zarrindast (Persian: علیرضا زرین‌دست‎; born 1945 in Tabriz, Iran) is an Iranian Cinematographer. He is the brother of Tony Zarrindast.

Known For

Close-Up
7.9

This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning, multilayered investigation into movies, identity, artistic creation, and existence, in which the real people from the case play themselves.

Close-Up

1990
Son of Adam Daughter of Eve
6.0

Mina Bozorgmehr and Farhood Zandi are two young lawyers who start working at them same time. They share an apartment, but Mina thinks that Farhood is a author and Farhood thinks that Mina is a photographer.

Son of Adam Daughter of Eve

2010
Harmonica
7.0

Set on the southern coast of Iran, "Harmonica" begins as a young boy receives a musical present from abroad. Fascinated and envious, his friends make him the leader of the pack, as they compete for the privilege of holding the harmonica or even blowing a few notes, until the games and horseplay begin to take on a sinister edge.

Harmonica

1974
Mazar Sharif
6.7

An Iranian diplomat who miraculously survived Taliban's raid on the Iranian consulate in Mazar E Sharif (Afghanistan) narrates his 19 days of hide and escape to reach Iran's borders meanwhile on the other side, the Iranian troops are preparing for retaliation.

Mazar Sharif

2015
The Cyclist
6.7

The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay enough. A friend connects Nasim to a two-bit promoter who sells tickets to watch Nasim ride a bicycle continuously for a week. The promoter brings in sick and aged spectators, haranguing them to find hope in Nasim's strength. Aided by his son, who feeds him as he rides, Nasim grinds out the days and shivering nights. Local officials believe this may be a plot and Nasim may be a spy; they try to sabotage him as do those who bet he won't finish the week. Will desperation alone get Nasim the money? Is any triumph an illusion?

The Cyclist

1989
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
4.8

A look at the formation of the career of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.

Abbas Kiarostami: A Report

2013
Cypress Under Water
N/A

The secret of the worldview of dignity is revealed? This mystery of sleep will spit Marsh, Mahro, Goodarz, Bahram, Jahangir Major Pushis. Jahanbakhsh begins a long journey to prove his innocence and the return of tranquility. A journey that will end the life of many of them.

Cypress Under Water

2018
That Which Remains
6.9

Based on Ghassan Kanafani's novel, 'Returning to Haifa,' this film, set in 1967, centres on a Palestinian couple who return to the war-torn city to search for their young son Farhan, whom they were forced to abandon when fleeing Zionist acts of terrorism in 1948. Saeed and Atefeh's own house has even been taken over by a Polish Jewish family, who, it transpires, are holding Farhan hostage. It is up to the couple, with the assistance of Farhan's steely grandmother, to find a way to reclaim their lost son. One of the few Iranian films to tackle the Palestinian issue from a historical perspective, this stunning piece of work from Seifollah Daad features meticulous attention to period detail and moving performances.

That Which Remains

1995
The Queen
N/A

During the war between Iran and Iraq, a scout (Milad Keymaram), in the Abadan Oil Refinery, tries to reveal geographical coordinates of Iraqi soldiers' ambushes for Iranian army forces to kill them easily by bombardments. Meanwhile, he confronts with the soul of the previous killed scout (Mostafa Zamani) who did the same which makes a challenge for him, between his own human deep feelings and killing innocent people of enemy ...

The Queen

2012
The Report
6.5

A tax collector is accused of taking bribes, and also has to deal with problems at home.

The Report

1977
Feast of Sorrow
N/A

The film contains four different stories. In the first story Jahan is a 32 years old man who is dreaming of becoming famous. In the second story Afsaneh and Reza are a middle aged couple who are facing new problems and difficulties in their life. Third Laleh and Kaveh are waiting for their first child to be born and finally Sara is a young girl who is decided to live with a different identity.

Feast of Sorrow

2018
Gazelle
N/A

"Gazelle" is the story of the self-inflicted isolation of a girl who sees her dreams in vain but has not lost her hope yet.

Gazelle

2023
Cat in the Cage
3.8

A young man returns to his rich family's estate after a stay in a mental hospital. He finds that his father has married his deceased wife's nurse, who is secretly plotting with her lover

Cat in the Cage

1978
Along the Night
5.0

Parvaneh, a famous singer and movie star, has an affair with a married man. A student named Baabak, who suffers from leukaemia, falls in love with Parvaneh. They have a good time together for a while, until she hears about Baabak's disease and decides to send him abroad for medical treatment.

Along the Night

1978
Hemmat
N/A

Maryam, Hemmat’s wife, dies of cancer. Hemmat takes his son to another city and starts working in Gol-Agha’s garage. He keeps his wife’s death a secret from his son, until one day the boy meets a sex worker named Pari, who works in the garden for Ghasem. Ali mistakes Pari for his mother because of her resemblance to Maryam...

Hemmat

1975
Rashid
4.0

Rashid and his accomplice steal the jewelry of a paralyzed woman, who is killed during the incident. Rashid hides the jewelry in an abandoned mine and takes refuge in a cabin in the forest, where two fugitives—Hamed and Nazi—are living. Someone informs the fugitives that the police are searching for the jewel thief. Hamed becomes suspicious of Rashid and suggests they split the stolen jewelry and escape together...

Rashid

1972
The Devil's Dance
N/A

Special agent Major Hashemi is working on several terrorist cases. Meanwhile a news is received about a plan for bombing in Tehran.

The Devil's Dance

2001
The sun in the swamp
N/A

Rad (Saeed Rad), who is suspicious of his sister's relationship with a man, burns them in a fire, and escapes on horseback into a deserted forest. Rad takes refuge in a forest hut, where a man named Schalko (Mohammad Ali Keshavarz) lives with his wife Seman (Fakhri Khorvash and his daughter (Noor)). Saman informs the villagers around the forest about Rad's presence in their hut. Frees Rad in an attack to knock him out.

The sun in the swamp

1974
The Quiet Home
N/A

No description available.

The Quiet Home

1992
The Peddler
6.6

The movie consists of three episodes that explore the lives of poor and desperate in Iran. In episode one, a very poor couple with many crippled children abandon their newly born baby in hopes that it will have a better future. In the second episode, a mentally impaired and isolated young man tries to take care of his senile mother who is almost dead. In the third episode, a cowardly and desperate peddler tries to escape from his boss.

The Peddler

1987