
Ahmad Shamlou
Writing
Biography
Ahmad Shamlou was an Iranian poet, writer, and journalist.
Known For

A look at the life and art of Ms. Iran Darroudi, one of the most important contemporary Iranian painters, who has divided her time between Tehran and Paris for the past fifty years. The film describes the various influences in her life and how she came to cultivate a style that merges the western surrealism with eastern mysticism
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments

A documentary about the most important modern Iranian poet and intellectual icon. Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlou talks about his poetry, the world of poetry, and his life. Filmed over a two year period from 1996 to 1998.
Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty

A rich guy's driver who wants to help a poor girl who work in a cabaret introduces her as his master's fiance. She falls in love with the master without knowing his real identity. This leads all of them to face many funny adventures.
The Strong Man

"Reza," who is aimless in his life and often spends his time riding motorcycles, once escapes from the clutches of the police and enters a house. The granddaughter of the homeowner, who needs to introduce her fiancé to her sick grandfather as per his request, asks Reza to pose as her fiancé. Shortly after, the real fiancé appears, but both the grandfather and the girl prefer Reza more...
A Man for Rent

Abbas, a truck driver, and his apprentice Dada encounter a homeless woman named Marjan on the road...
Men and Roads

Mehran meets Safar in a café, and Safar, on behalf of his boss Qobad, suggests to Mehran that they kill Master Nouri and his daughter Mojgan in their hunting ground. When Mehran reaches "Sheitan-Kooh", he falls into a deep pit and Mojgan saves him and takes him to their house and bandages his wounds.
Never Without Love

Iraj is a young photographer who meets Fariba. Fariba, who pretends to have a lot of money, lives by burglary.
The Cobweb

A pilot, who has a wife and a son, goes on a mission, and his plane crashes due to an accident. He is injured and suffers from amnesia. A gypsy girl named Fetneh nurses him; but according to the tribe's custom and Sattar's decision, Fetneh is tortured for helping a stranger and is branded with a mark of shame. Fetneh escapes and goes to the pilot. Sattar grapples with the pilot, and Fetneh injures him with a knife. After that, the pilot, whom people call Khodadad, gets into a fight with a grocer named Hossein, who intends to assault Fetneh, and steals his money. Soon, Khodadad becomes the most wicked rebel in the region, and his son is assigned by the government to wipe out Khodadad and his men. Father and son confront each other, and Khodadad is killed. Fetneh is also shot dead by a young man who loves her.
Stigma

A middle-aged doctor and his young assistant are both smitten with a girl. The girl likes the doctor's assistant, but the doctor, who is deeply in love with the girl, sends the assistant away on some pretext. He then gets closer to the girl and, with the support of her parents, marries her. They have a peaceful life until the assistant returns and the truth comes out. After a series of events, it's ultimately the doctor who steps aside.
Escapism

Iraj, a journalist photographer, meets Pari in Paris. He returns to Iran and marries Azar. He later gets into trouble and gets entangled in further conspiracies devised by Pari.
Dead End

Moslem Mansouris second documentary film about the legendary late Ahmad Shamlou
The Final Word

This documentary shows the Zaar tradition in Bandar Lengeh in south of Iran. It is kind of local dancing and singing to exorcist the Jinn from people who believe to be possessed by evil.
Wind of Jinn

A criminal group intends to murder a girl, but a young man saves her. The girl is the daughter of a wealthy man, and after his wife's death, the father married a widow. The girl's stepmother, a young woman, plotted the girl's murder to inherit her husband's wealth herself. With the young man's presence in the girl's life, the stepmother's plan becomes impossible to execute until the family's father is killed in an accident, and the woman stages the scene to make it appear that the young man committed the murder. The police, based on the evidence, pursue the young man and his friend. The girl decides to help the young man. Eventually, it turns out that the killer is the victim's brother, whom everyone thought had died. With the discovery of the truth, the young man's innocence is proven, and he begins a life together with the girl.
Jack of all Trades

The village headman's daughter and the landlord's daughter are both smitten with a young engineer. After some drama, the landlord's daughter finally puts an end to the problem. She pretends to be frivolous so that the young engineer distances himself from her and gets closer to the headman's daughter, even though she loves the engineer and suffers from losing him.
The Girl of the Mountain

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