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The 10 best Persian-language films of all time, according to me.

by MehdiTaba • Created 3 years ago • Modified 1 year ago
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  • Leila Hatami, Shahab Hosseini, Payman Maadi, and Sareh Bayat in Une séparation (2011)

    1. Une séparation

    20112h 3mTous publics95Metascore
    8.3 (271K)
    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.
    DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh Bayat
  • Le vent nous emportera (1999)

    2. Le vent nous emportera

    19991h 58mTous publics87Metascore
    7.4 (13K)
    Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
    DirectorAbbas KiarostamiStarsBehzad DoraniNoghre AsadiRoushan Karam Elmi
  • Dast-neveshtehaa nemisoosand (2013)

    3. Dast-neveshtehaa nemisoosand

    20132h 5mNot Rated88Metascore
    7.2 (1.4K)
    Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. At the last minute, however, they are obliged to change their initial plans.
    DirectorMohammad RasoulofStarsAnonymousAnonymousM. Ali Nazarian
  • Taraneh Alidoosti and Shahab Hosseini in Le client (2016)

    4. Le client

    20162h 4mTous publics85Metascore
    7.7 (67K)
    While Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.
    DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsShahab HosseiniTaraneh AlidoostiBabak Karimi
  • Golshifteh Farahani in À propos d'Elly (2009)

    5. À propos d'Elly

    20091h 59mTous publics87Metascore
    7.9 (60K)
    The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
    DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsTaraneh AlidoostiGolshifteh FarahaniShahab Hosseini
  • Homayoun Ershadi in Le Goût de la cerise (1997)

    6. Le Goût de la cerise

    19971h 35mTous publics80Metascore
    7.7 (41K)
    An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.
    DirectorAbbas KiarostamiStarsHomayoun ErshadiAbdolhosein BagheriAfshin Khorshid Bakhtiari
  • Payman Maadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, and Parinaz Izadyar in Life and a Day (2016)

    7. Life and a Day

    20161h 52m
    8.2 (19K)
    Somaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.
    DirectorSaeed RoustayiStarsPayman MaadiNavid MohammadzadehParinaz Izadyar
  • Les Enfants du ciel (1997)

    8. Les Enfants du ciel

    19971h 29mTous publics77Metascore
    8.2 (87K)
    After a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.
    DirectorMajid MajidiStarsReza NajiAmir Farrokh HashemianBahare Seddiqi
  • Tannaz Tabatabaei in Hiss Dokhtarha Faryad Nemizanand (2013)

    9. Hiss Dokhtarha Faryad Nemizanand

    20131h 46m
    6.9 (5.5K)
    Shirin is supposed to get married in a couple of hours, but she unexpectedly murders a man. The cause of the crime, rooted in her nightmarish childhood, unravels gradually and the real question emerges: Who is the REAL criminal?
    DirectorPouran DerakhshandehStarsTannaz TabatabaeiMerila Zare'iBabak Hamidian
  • Sang et or (2003)

    10. Sang et or

    20031h 37mTous publics82Metascore
    7.4 (5.6K)
    An Iranian pizza delivery man sees the worst of corruption and social unbalance in his city and is driven to crime.
    DirectorJafar PanahiStarsHossain EmadeddinKamyar SheisiAzita Rayeji

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