Nowrūz And Persian Films
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Films in the Nowrūz And Persian Films:
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Film: A Separation (2011) + Introduction By Tina Gharavi
13 Mar 2013, 7:30 p.m.
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
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Film: Frontier Blues (2009)
20 Mar 2013, 7:30 p.m.
On Iran's northern frontier with Turkmenistan, the land of "heartbreak and tractors", first time director Babak Jalali mines absurdist humour and quiet pathos from the immutable routines of a stranded group of men.
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Film: Offside (2006)
27 Mar 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Girls try to watch a World Cup qualifying match in Stadium but are forbidden by law because of their sex. The film was inspired by the director's daughter, who decided to attend a game anyway. The film was shot in Iran but its screening was banned there
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Film: At Five In The Afternoon (2003) Panj É Asr
31 Mar 2013, 7:30 p.m.
A story of an ambitious young woman trying to gain an education in Afghanistan after the defeat of the Taliban. The title comes from a Federico García Lorca poem and is a tale of flourishing against the odds.
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Film: Taste Of Cherry (1997) Ta'm E Guilass
4 Apr 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Mr.Badii is planning to commit suicide and desperately seeks anyone to assist him - he has already dug out the grave in the mountains, but the assistant will have to bury him when he will do the deed.