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5) Persian
Series
Language
Persian
Description
Presents English speakers with guided practice in Persian (Farsi) greetings and introductions; requests; general conversation at hotels, restaurants, and places of entertainment; business terms; and use in emergency situations.
6) Leila
Language
Persian
Description
A wife in Iran who cannot have children is pressured by her in-laws into persuading her husband to take another wife so that he may have sons. A portrayal of the clash between tradition and modern marriage in Iran.
Series
Criterion collection volume 45
Language
Persian
Description
Mr. Badii drives through the red-brown hills around Tehran in search of someone who will assist in his suicide, and receives a viewpoint on life from each of the men he asks.
Language
Persian
Description
Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind in Tehran, unaware of his father's intention to disown him. Engaged to be married, the widowed man has kept Mohammad a secret from his fiancée, certain the boy's disability will destroy his only chance for happiness. With the wedding swiftly approaching Mohammad's future hangs precariously in the balance as his father struggles against his destiny, unable...
14) Deserted station
Language
Persian
Description
A photographer and his young wife are stranded in a remote village after their car breaks down. The only adult inhabitant leaves with the photographer to find help, while the woman takes over the duties of teaching the village children whose parents are nowhere to be found.
15) Dūnyā =: Donya
Language
Persian
Description
Haji Enayat sends his wife and children to Iraq for a pilgrimage. While his family is gone, he marries a beautiful young woman who has traveled to Iran from the US for business. Then his wife returns and finds out about the marriage ...
Language
Persian
Description
It's Election Day on a remote island off the coast of Iran and a ballot box is parachuted to shore. An unnamed soldier is assigned to escort a female bureaucrat to gather votes. Together, they embark on a chaotic journey, turning the island upside down desperately seeking anyone's vote. There is more to the secret ballot than the two could ever imagine.
Language
Persian
Description
A filmmaker travels to a remote mountain village secretly planning to record a local ritual ceremony surrounding an old dying woman. He befriends a local boy who ultimately becomes his informant on the fate of the old woman. As the rustling wind, golden light, and deep shadows of the village cast an alluring spell, the deathwatch drags on as the woman stubbornly clings to life, leaving the crew impatient.
Language
Persian
Description
Documentary of two young Iranian sisters who share their lives, fears, and dreams with filmmaker Behzadi. Both girls would like to wait until their 20's for marriage so that they may complete their education. Their father will allow them to continue their education only until a suitor comes along. He will then force the girls into marriage.