poetry

Bread and Poetry

The somewhat self-centered Majid has one aim in life - to become a poet. When he discovers Victor Hugo's 'Les Miserables,' he falls in love. However, his lowly status as a delivery boy means that he cannot afford his own copy of the book, and must go to the library to read it. When this becomes tire...

1992 | 87 Min
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A Good Time For Trage

Tribute documentary by Nasser Saffarian about influential poet and screenwriter Ahmadreza Ahmadi, the leading figure in Iran's New Wave Poetry movement. As Ahmadi provides insights into his life, the importance of knowing himself and his abilities, and the vital connection between sorrow and poetry,...

2006 | 57 Min
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9.6

Black Eyes

This melodramatic story centers around two college graduates who share a passion for poetry and literature. A "platonic" love affair blossoms between the two characters...

2002 | 104 Min
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5.4

Burnt City

Soudabeh Moradian's short documentary is an experimental collage of different footage interspersed with fascinating facts about a Bronze Age ruins called Burnt City. Wonderful shots of the archaeological site, located in the southeastern part of Iran, capture the raw beauty of the ruins. However, cu...

2012 | 7 Min
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Care for Me Lady

'Care For Me Lady' focuses on the life of Ahmad Reza Ahmadi, one of the greatest poets of the New Wave in Iranian poetry. His distinctly unusual and surreal style is easily recognizable, setting him apart from his peers. Nasser Saffarian's documentary guides us through his career using interviews wi...

2010 | 22 Min
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6.2

Day and Night

This intricately woven narrative of four intersecting stories focuses on the lives of several women, each striving for happiness. Fouzhan is due to marry her cousin, but when the handsome young Babak enters her life, she finds herself facing a dilemma. The sickly Marjan, meanwhile, is struggling to ...

2008 | 94 Min
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6.5

I Am Just a Poet, Off

An intimist documentary on Iranian songwriter and poet Yaghma Golrouee. Alternating performance footage, poetic digressions and interviews with the poet, the film explores Iranian music and songwriting through the years, chiefly socio-political songs before and after the revolution. In 'I Am Just a ...

2016 | 73 Min
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7.6

In the Distance of Tw

Robert Safarian's documentary is an in-depth reflection on the life and works of Iranian-Armenian poet Azad Matian. In 1946, when he was four, Matian's father planned to emigrate to Armenia as part of the repatriation program planned by Soviet Armenia. However, the plan was cancelled and Azad stayed...

2000 | 80 Min
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5.7

Iran is My Land

'Iran Is My Land' documents the journey of Sohrab, an itinerant writer, whose latest work, a book of Iranian poetry, requires a permit from Iran's censors in order to be published. Sohrab thus sets off on the road to Tehran in pursuit of this elusive document. As he ventures deeper into nature and i...

1999 | 89 Min
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7.3

Journey to the Land o

In 1981, Dariush Mehrjui and his family traveled to Paris, along with several other Iranian refugees. They remained there for several years. This feature-length semi-documentary contrasts his own journey from East to West to find himself, with the journey of French poet, Arthur Rimbaud, who traveled...

1983 | 65 Min
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Like Hafez

'Like Hafez' explores the lives of Afghani children through a lens of passion and love, enlightening the viewer to their backgrounds and revealing an emotional core. The documentary also begins delving into the rich and varied nature of Persian poetry and literature. A thoroughly engrossing and poig...

2010 | 20 Min
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9.3

Moving Up

Shahriyar is a both a garbage collector and an unpublished novelist who has a passion for literature and poetry. Shahriyar finds it impossible to conform to societyÃ¢ÂÂs expectations; rather, he aspires to be Jack London or Dostoevsky. He writes imaginative stories to escape from his dull, prosaic...

2011 | 59 Min
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5.1

Passage Through the U

Khosrow Sinai's short documentary provides an insight into flamboyant artist and poet Mohammad Ebrahim Jafari's life. Beginning with a wonderful scene of Jafari reciting a poem while he energetically creates a picture, the film reveals the brilliant diversity of his art work while providing insight ...

2002 | 34 Min
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5.5

Poet of the Wastes

After desperately looking for a job, a young man is hired as a sweeper in the city. Amongst colleagues there is a habit of exploring trash bags to see what life brings. The young sweeper of the story finds a trash bag full of torn papers; pieces of a letter, and another, full of torn papers again, w...

2005 | 80 Min
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5.6

Poets of Life

Shirin Parsi is a rice farmer, but not an ordinary one. After receiving a BA in French literature from the University of Paris, she returned to Iran and decided not to live in the megapolis capital, Tehran. Her husband had inherited land in Shanderman, a village near the Caspian Sea, so they moved t...

2017 | 73 Min
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8.5

Roots in Self

This remarkable documentary focuses on the lives of Iran's Afghan population, and its trials and tribulations. Mostly made up of refugees fleeing the 1978 Saur Revolution, the community faces problems obtaining citizenship, and as a result, sustainable education and work. We take a look at several A...

2012 | 36 Min
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Shirin

This bold piece of work, directed by master director Abbas Kiarostami, features close-ups of over one hundred renowned stage and screen actresses as they watch a theatrical interpretation of the twelfth century poem Khosrow and Shirin unfold on the screen. As the play progresses, we follow the aston...

2008 | 92 Min
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So Said Bamdad

This documentary invites the audience to a private reading with Ahmad Shamlou (1925-2000), one of the great modern Persian poets, writers and intellectuals. Featuring Shamlou himself reading from his best-known works including 'Abraham in the Fire', 'Little Rhapsodies of Exile' and 'The Tale of Maha...

1994 | 86 Min
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Summit of the Wave

Directed by Nasser Saffarian, 'Summit of the Wave' is an inspiring retrospective of Iranian director and poet Forough Farrokhzad. Dying tragically in 1967, at the tender age of 32, Farrokhzad had a short but illustrious career which, alongside her more renowned efforts in directing and writing poetr...

2004 | 31 Min
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Taab

Director Pooyan Shahrokhi's biographical documentary about poet Samad Behrangi, 'Taab', is as much a touching portrait of the man of letters as it is an expose of his life as a politically and socially aware writer. Samad Behrangi (1939 - 1967) was an Iranian Azerbaijani poet, author, translator and...

2008 | 52 Min
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8.6

Talking With A Shadow

Docudrama about the works of Sadegh Hedayat, acclaimed Iranian writer, poet and intellectual, focusing on the resounding influence of Western culture in his life. As the benevolent shadow of Sadegh walks us through growing up in Tehran, his fascination with movies like 'Nosferatu' and 'Dracula', his...

2000 | 93 Min
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5.4

The Cold Green

A documentary examining the iconoclastic life of Forough Farrokhzad and her relationship with supporters and critics alike. Iran's most controversial and influential female of Persian poetry and cinema, Farrokhzad fought patriarchal conceptions of womanhood and subservience, and in doing so made her...

2002 | 60 Min
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8.7

The Mirror of the Sou

Nasser Saffarian's documentary is an hour long tribute to the memory of Iranian poet and director Forough Farrokhzad, who died tragically in 1967 at only 32 years of age. This film focuses on Farrokhzad's life as a poet, and includes footage of her reading poems alongside interviews which reveal her...

2002 | 60 Min
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9.4

We Shall Believe

Sorrow, war, stupidity, ignorance, time, difference... These are the main factors that condition man on Earth, and which poets try to transcend through the power of the written word. A world of freedom! This documentary explores the era of Iranian female poets and their revolution created through th...

2009 | 27 Min
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Bread and Poetry

A Good Time For Trage

Black Eyes

Burnt City

Care for Me Lady

Day and Night

I Am Just a Poet, Off

In the Distance of Tw

Iran is My Land

Journey to the Land o

Like Hafez

Moving Up

Passage Through the U

Poet of the Wastes

Poets of Life

Roots in Self

Shirin

So Said Bamdad

Summit of the Wave

Taab

Talking With A Shadow

The Cold Green

The Mirror of the Sou

We Shall Believe

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poetry

Bread and Poetry

A Good Time For Trage

Black Eyes

Burnt City

Care for Me Lady

Day and Night

I Am Just a Poet, Off

In the Distance of Tw

Iran is My Land

Journey to the Land o

Like Hafez

Moving Up

Passage Through the U

Poet of the Wastes

Poets of Life

Roots in Self

Shirin

So Said Bamdad

Summit of the Wave

Taab

Talking With A Shadow

The Cold Green

The Mirror of the Sou

We Shall Believe

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