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"Paytakht" is a popular Iranian television series that follows the everyday lives of the Mamooli family, a Mazandarani household living in the village of Aliabad. The story centres on Naqi Mamooli, his wife Homa Saadat, their twin daughters Sara and Nika, Naqi's elderly father, Baba Panjali, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, and Arastoo Amel, Naqi's cousin. Throughout the series, the family finds itself in a variety of humorous situations and unexpected adventures, creating a heart-warming blend of comedy and family drama.
Iraj and Hamid, old friends from their childhood, have a headache to pursue criminal cases, their foot is unintentionally opened to the case of serial murders... a case that they enter becomes pregnant with more dangerous events, but...
A modest family on the outskirts of Tehran faces the imminent destruction of their home as a part of a vast redevelopment project. While Rashid, the father and a prison guard, is being accused of corruption, he discovers that his eldest daughter, Ensi, is secretly planning to leave Iran to become a model. As the bulldozers draw ever closer, the tensions within the household start to rise.
Hengameh needs money to save his brother's life. He takes a big risk to prepare this money and...
Habib returns to Iran after many years and goes after his fellow Aziz but finds him in an asylum not talking and not remembering anything about his past. By the request of the doctors Habib begins to tell Aziz about their past life and the story of their friendship when both were bank's employees. They grew up together and began working in the bank's security carrying bags of money, until one day when some thieves rub the money from them and run away.
Throughout the two days preceding her long-awaited wedding, amid the flurry of arriving relatives and the preparation of a seemingly endless array of colorful, culinary delights, young bride-to-be Pasandide finds herself the center of attention. The event also proves an occasion for extended family to reconnect, reminisce and rejoice in the pleasures of familiar company. The family compound of aged Uncle Ezzatolah proves an ideal site for this summer reunion among three generations, with its lush courtyard gardens, labyrinthine parlors and passageways and erratic electrical system (subject to untimely city blackouts).
An old woman's death brings her children together so maybe family's wounds will be healed during this unwanted confrontation.
The lack of communication between the mother and the father of a 13 year old, leads inevitably to a divorce. During this ordeal their son, feeling out of place, befriends some troubled older kids and gets involved in murder.
Somaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.
Yahya, a man with a mysterious past, sets off into the desert and wilderness with a car that serves as his home, continuing his life by cutting and selling the hair of impoverished women and girls. Until he meets a clever 15-year-old girl whose stepfather intended to sell her, but she escapes by secretly getting into Yahya's car. This encounter leads Yahya to start a new phase of trying to forget and deny his past, as everything is set to change with the presence of this girl.
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.
Twelve stories, one per month, from April to March. They all take place in the same place—inside vehicles—and during the “magic hour.” The characters also experience similar situations: they are hesitating to make an important decision in their lives, a moment that will mark them forever.
Mohsen (Reza Attaran) returns home after shopping and realizes that the furniture on which Omid (Amir Jafari) is sitting is perforated and blames Omid. Mahshid (Rima Raminfar), Mohsen’s wife, is very interested in this sofa and she Mohsen and Omid are making every effort to solve this problem, but…
Latif, a young ex-prisoner, looks for work after his release but faces difficulties due to his past. Latif's hilarious adventures and troubles in finding work and paying off his debts form the main story of the series.
Beach Villa tells the story of a village family who are supposed to take care of a villa for 6 months as caretakers. Chavosh, the owner of the villa, is going to live outside of Iran for 6 months for his daughter to go to university, and he leaves the villa to Yunus and his wife, and they move to the villa with their 3 children. But upon entering the house, Yunus' brother-in-law creates stories that...
In the summary of the story of the series I am a tenant, it is stated that an old woman named Zamane Khanom, who owns a five-unit building in Tehran and returns from abroad, meets a boy named Masoud at the airport, and Masoud takes her to her home and after some time Masoud becomes the new manager of Zamaneh Khanum and...
The movie Hotel is the story of a boy named Ramin who, according to his ex-wife's plan to get a lot of money, they have to pretend they are still husband and wife, they have to travel to the island of Kish and this is the beginning of a journey full of trouble.
A story about normal people who have not lost themselves in today's narcissistic world.
A woman escapes from her husband's beatings while her daughter enters the house. The girl noticed the fight between her mother and father, and after saying no, she went with her father to the city to find the fugitive mother.
Directed by Shiva Masoudi.
