| The
legend of Sigh
Tahmineh Milani's strikingly feminist film draws on the literature of
Azarbaijan. The protagonist is a woman novelist who experiences the
lives of four women from different social strata. The film offers a fascinating
portrait of a range of Iranian women and their problems. Farsi with English
subtitles.
The
Last Act
(Pardeh-ye Aakhar)
This highly acclaimed, award-winning debut feature from Varuzk Karim-Masihi
is an atmospheric mystery which unfolds as a play within a play. The action
takes place in 1930's Tehran where a sinister brother and sister plot to
dispose of their recently widowed sister-in-law in order to obtain her
inheritance.
Zinat
Ebrahim's Mokhtari's riveting drama about the attempts of Zinat, who
runs a health clinic in a remote part of southern Iran, to break free of
the male-dominated rules and regulations that govern life in rural
Iran. Farsi with English subtitles.
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The
Mirror
(Aayneh)
By Jafar Panahi, the award-wining diretor of "The White Balloon".
Halfway through "The Mirror", the audience finds itself at a
startling juncture. A grade-schooler whose mother didn't arrive to pick
her up after school, Mina has elected to find her own way home, beginning
a journey that - however slight the premise may sound - is fascinating
to follow, alternately hilarious, suspenseful and rich in offhand documentary
details. Then, during a scene on a bus, she says she's had it. She's fed
up with filming. This film is not available in PAL format.
The
Need
(Niyaaz)
One of those rare works in which the perfect rendering of simple elements
produces a small, unforgettable masterpiece. Two boys poised between childhood
and manhood overcome rivalry to become friends. Farsi with English subtitles.
Nargess
A sharp-edged look at people who live outside the constraints of Islamic
law - Rakhshan Bani-etemad tells the tragic story of love triangle.
Bani-etemad pushes the Iranian censorship code to the limit, managing to
make her outsider characters believable and moving. Farsi with English
subtitles.
The
Key
(Kelid)
Humor, pathos and suspense in Ebrahim Forouzesh's story of a four-year
old and an infant left home alone. play by Kiarostami. Farsi with
English subtitles.
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