Reading Lolita in Tehran
Nema-ya Nazdik / Close-Up (1990) Movies
Posted by ChumPaa at Sept. 15, 2015
Nema-ya Nazdik / Close-Up (1990)
A Film by Abbas Kiarostami
DVDRip | MKV | Lang: Persian | Subs: English | 1h 37min | 664x446 | AVC @ 2378Kbps
Audio#1: Persian AC3 @ 192Kbps | Audio#2: English Commentary track | 1.84 GB
Genre: Drama
A Film by Abbas Kiarostami
DVDRip | MKV | Lang: Persian | Subs: English | 1h 37min | 664x446 | AVC @ 2378Kbps
Audio#1: Persian AC3 @ 192Kbps | Audio#2: English Commentary track | 1.84 GB
Genre: Drama
Pretending to be Mohsen Makhmalbaf making his next movie, Hossain Sabzian enters the home of a well-to-do family in Tehran, promising it a prominent part in his next movie. The actual people involved in the incident re-enact the actual events, followed by the footage from the actual trial that took place.
Fireworks Wednesday Movies
Posted by at July 19, 2024
Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
Rouhi, a young bride-to-be, is hired as a maid for an affluent family in Tehran. Upon arriving, she is suddenly thrust into an explosive domestic conflict. The wife is convinced her husband is having an affair and enlists Rouhi as a spy, to follow her husband, and confirm her suspicions. What Rouhi discovers, however, threatens not only their marriage but her own future.
Drama
For Liberty Movies
Posted by at Feb. 14, 2025
For Liberty (1979)
The final days of the reign of the Shah: processions of mourning and jubilation, scenes after the fire in the Cinema Rex in Abadan, southern Iran, in which 377 viewers died; the famous interview with the Shah – shortly before his departure at Mehrabad Airport, followed by the acclaimed arrival and first speech by Ayatollah Khomeini; finally the graves of the martyrs of the revolution in Tehran’s large cemetery Behesht-e Zahra. Torabi and his cameramen film euphoric crowds and thoughtful revolutionaries, statesmen and members of various minorities such as Turkmen and Zoroastrians.
Documentary
The Operative Movies
Posted by at Jan. 13, 2024
The Operative (2019)
A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.
Drama
Thriller
The Traveler Movies
Posted by at Jan. 20, 2024
The Traveler (1974)
Hassan Darabi, a troublesome, amoral 10-year-old boy in a small Iranian town wishes to see the Iran national football team play an important match in Tehran. In order to achieve that, he scams his friends and neighbors.
Drama
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution (2006) Movies
Posted by notbanned at Sept. 4, 2013
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution (2006)
DVDRip | 640x480 | .MP4/AVC @ 1122 Kbps | 1h 38mn | Audio: Persian AAC 112 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: None | 870 MiB
Genre: Documentary
Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for films which combine remarkable artistry and social relevance. The film traces the development of this film industry, which has always been closely intertwined with the country's tumultuous political history, from the decades-long reign of Reza Shah Pahlevi and his son, the rise of Khomeini and the birth of the Islamic Republic, the seizure by militants of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, and the devastating war with Iraq.
Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults - Fellow Citizen (1995) Movies
Posted by notbanned at June 11, 2020
Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults - Fellow Citizen (1995)
DVDRip | 672x542 | .MKV/AVC @ 2412 Kbps | 48 min 7 s | 897 MiB
Audio: Persian AC3 192 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary
In this documentary by Abbas Kiarostami a traffic control officer is trying to regulate the traffic on a street in Tehran and not let people break the law.
BBC Storyville - Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party (2016) Movies
Posted by notbanned at Feb. 16, 2016
BBC Storyville - Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party (2016)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MP4/AVC @ 3009 Kbps | 1h 16mn | 1.68 GiB
Audio: English AAC 140 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary
In 1971, the Shah of Iran, the self-proclaimed 'king of kings', celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian monarchy by throwing the greatest party in history. Money was no object - a lavish tent city, using 37km of silk, was erected in a specially created oasis. The world's top restaurant at the time, Maxim's, closed its doors for two weeks to cater the event, a five-course banquet served to over sixty of the world's kings, queens and presidents, and washed down with some of the rarest wines known to man.
Raving Iran (2016) Movies
Posted by notbanned at July 7, 2017
Raving Iran (2016)
DVDRip | 720x394 | .MKV/AVC @ 1079 Kbps | 1h 24min | 733 MiB
Audio: Persian AAC 132 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary
Two DJ's in Tehran are battling to play the music they love and set up dance parties. Local regime does not look well at harbingers of western culture of decay so the protagonists need to do big decisions.
Close-Up (1990) Movies
Posted by rwdfox at Aug. 12, 2017
Close-Up (1990)
BDRip 720p | 1h 37mn | 960x720 | MKV AVC@5791Kbps 23.98fps | FLAC@587Kbps 1CH 48KHz | 4.37 GiB
BDRip 1080p | 1h 37mn | 1440x1080 | MKV AVC@12.2 Mbps 23.98fps | FLAC@587Kbps 1CH 48KHz | 8.74 GiB
Language: Persian | Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama | Subtitles: English
BDRip 720p | 1h 37mn | 960x720 | MKV AVC@5791Kbps 23.98fps | FLAC@587Kbps 1CH 48KHz | 4.37 GiB
BDRip 1080p | 1h 37mn | 1440x1080 | MKV AVC@12.2 Mbps 23.98fps | FLAC@587Kbps 1CH 48KHz | 8.74 GiB
Language: Persian | Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama | Subtitles: English
Pretending to be Mohsen Makhmalbaf making his next movie, Hossain Sabzian enters the home of a well-to-do family in Tehran, promising it a prominent part in his next movie.