Marzieh Makhmalbaf ( مرضیه مشکینی‎ ) born in 1969, is an Iranian writer, director and cinematographer. Marzieh Makhmalbaf has been a Actor in some movies:
Joy of Madness is about that Samira Makhmalbaf goes to Kabul to make her film called 'Five in the Afternoon' seeking some actors in the streets but no one accepts to play a role in her movie. All the people are afraid of each other and even the city clergyman is afraid of people. People are still concerning about the return of Taliban. Hana's camera shows that how fear has captivated the Afghans. The Afghan men and women who are afraid and hidden in an unpleasant environment full of poverty, are afraid to stand in front of the camera. In this film Marzieh Makhmalbaf collaborates with Hana Makhmalbaf, ... Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mastaneh Mohajer, Mohammad Reza Darvishi, Razi Mohebi, Bibigol Asef, Sima Asef, Agheleh Farahmand
Marzieh Makhmalbaf has been a Writer in some movies:
Buddha Collapsed out of Shame is about that A young girl zealously wants to go to school and learn to read and write. Almost everywhere she is met with hostility or indifference. It must not go unnoticed that the schoolgirls and the female teacher are likewise hostile toward this girl. None of them want her in the classroom. On her way home she and other girls are taken as prisoners by boys playing talibans. What will happen next? In this film Marzieh Makhmalbaf collaborates with Hana Makhmalbaf, Mastaneh Mohajer, Farid Pirayesh, Wild Bunch, Akbar Meshkini, Abbas Alijome, Abdolali Hosseinali, Nikbakht Noruz, Ostad Ali, Tolibhon Shakhidi
Marzieh Makhmalbaf has been a Editor in some movies:
The President is about that A revolution is happening in a country which has a dictatorial president. The president sends his family abroad but his grandson wants to stay with his grandfather. In order to save their lives they run away and the president uses a wig and a guitar to disguise himself as a gypsy. They want to get the sea so they can go to another country by boat. They have to tolerate poverty and hunger in their journey. The inspiration for the film came when Makhmalbaf visited the Darul Aman Palace in Kabul. In this film Marzieh Makhmalbaf collaborates with Hana Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Dachi Orvelashvili, Konstantin Mindia Esadze, Mikheil Gomiashvili, Vova Kacharava, Tornike Bziava
Marzieh Makhmalbaf has been a Director in some movies:
The Day I Became a Woman is about that The Day I Became a Woman comprised of three interconnected vignettes that depict women at three stages of life in Iran. Episode one, entitled 'Havva' concerns a young girl on the morning of her ninth birthday. Against her better wishes, she is forced to stay home, away from her best friend who has asked her to play with him, due to her mother and grandmother's proclamation that she is now a woman. Learning she was born at noon, the young girl requests one more hour to do what she wishes so she can be a girl one last time. Episode two, entitled 'Ahoo', follows a young woman who is being pursued on horseback by her stern husband, whom she is fleeing on bicycle in the midst of a women's biking race. Soon, her in-laws and relatives are also pursuing her, and she must make a quick decision about whether or not to return to family life. The final episode, called 'Houra', follows an elderly woman who enlists the help of a young boy and his friends to take her on a shopping spree, where she intends to buy all of the things she has ever wanted out of life. In this film Marzieh Makhmalbaf collaborates with Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mohammad Ahmadi, Shabnam Tolouei, Moharram Zeinalzadeh, Behrouz Shahamat, Mohammad Reza Darvishi, Abbas Rastegarpour, Ebrahim Ghafouri, Shahrzad Pouya, Maysam Makhmalbaf, Akbar Meshkini, Fatemeh Cherag Akhar, Hassan Nebhan, Shahr Banou Sisizadeh, Ameneh Passand, Norieh Mahigiran, Azizeh Sedighi, Badr Iravani
Stray Dogs is about that A woman is unaware of his husband for five years. She thinks he has been killed so she marries another man. After a while, he returns and when he sees that his wife has married another man, complains and accuses her without even thinking about her children. The kids spend their life by beggary and selling garbage and at night they come back to their mother in prison. They save a stray baby dog , and decide to keep it. When the police finds out about the situation, they are banned from coming to prison and when they understand that prison is for keeping the criminals, they try to commit a crime; so they go for small robberies, but they are always forgiven by the people . Upon watching the "Bicycle Thieves" movie in cinema, they decide to rob a bicycle in public to be arrested. The girl is afraid to be beaten during the robbery, so his brother takes her and the dog in a safe place and promises her to introduce her as his colleague when he is arrested and beaten by people. When police arrests him, no one hears him telling about his sister in the crowd. The girl runs following the car but she is wandered among the cyclists around her. The boy is delivered to a penitentiary while he was trying to reach his mother in prison. The girl is alone and wandered, but she eventually makes a decision and takes the dog in a place telling it to stay there. The baby dog watches the girl going and some time later the voice of a boy is heard yelling "my bicycle is stolen". There are also police whistles and noise of the crowd. The baby dog is curious and begins to bark. The girl's voice who is arrested is heard harder and harder. The baby dog is alone and it barks to call the girl and her brother. In this film Marzieh Makhmalbaf collaborates with Mohammad Ahmadi, Mastaneh Mohajer, Farrokh Fadaee, Mohammad Reza Darvishi, Ebrahim Ghafouri, Maysam Makhmalbaf, Akbar Meshkini, Agheleh Rezaie, Gol Ghotai Karimi, fakhreddin Ayyam, Sohrab Akbari, Jamil Ghanazideh, agheleh Shamsollah, Razeddin Sayyar, Maydeh Gol, Ghomri Valad Amir, Shah Mahmood Golbahari, Emameddin Vakil, Akhtar Abdolaziz
Ongoing Smile is about that At the age of 74, many people retire and spend the rest of their life in a retirement home. But Kim Dong-Ho has made the decision to live like a young and energetic man until the end of his life. He gets up early around 4 am every morning. He exercises, checks the news and responds to emails. After that, he takes the bus a university of film and media which he founded 2 years prior. KIM is the same man whom established the largest Asian Film Festival when he was almost 60 years old. Now that he is 74 years old, he has just decided to make his first film as a director. Kim is a very respectful man and at times he seems a bit shy, but when the occasion comes along to dance with Juliette Binoche, the french superstar, even a very young man would not able to match his performance... In this film Marzieh Makhmalbaf collaborates with Hana Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Roger Garcia, Christian Jeune, Soo-yeon Kang, Peter Van Bueren, Maysam Makhmalbaf, Kim Dong-Ho, Kim Ji-Seok, Kim Ki-Duk, Tomiyama Katsue, Ji Won Yeh, Ahn Sung-Ki, Dustin Riduan Shah
The Man Who Came with the Snow is about that In the winter of 1992, a man enters a low end bar in the Soviet Union. He sits there silently observing the people around him, not speaking. The mysterious stranger starts to get the attention of the other customers. Lunatics, prostitutes, criminals and two young children begin to be disturbed by his presence. By the time the bar closes, the customers have to face the frost... and a shocking revelation. In this film Marzieh Makhmalbaf collaborates with Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Hossein Mahdavi, Reza Sheykhi, Daler Nazarov, Maysam Makhmalbaf, Safar Khakdodov, Mahmadulloh Kabirov, Farida Khatamova, Elizaveta Nis, Zulfiya Sadikova, Mehrangiz Gasanova, Rimma Olanova, Marina Yarmolik, Nargis Mamadbekova, Ayubjan Rajabi, Farid Pirayesh, Vladyslav Troitskyi, Dilovar Sultonov