3 Movies Starring Hossein Farzi-Zadeh

Beautiful City

Beautiful City

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-07-11

Languages:

Persian

Countries:

Iran

Runtime:

101 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (2778 Reviews)

Director:

Asghar Farhadi

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Akbar has just turned eighteen. He has been held in a rehabilitation centre for committing murder at the age of sixteen when he was condemned to death. Legally speaking, he had to reach the age of eighteen so that the conviction could be carried out. Now, Akbar is transferred to prison to await the day of his execution. A'la, a friend of Akbar, who himself has undergone imprisonment for burglary, soon after his release tries desperately to gain the consent of Akbar's plaintiff so as to stop the execution.

Iron Island

Iron Island

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-10-05

Languages:

Persian

Countries:

Iran

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (479 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Squatters, mostly Arabs in Persia, live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the hull; women keep house and raise children. Captain Nemat runs things with an iron hand, orienting new residents, keeping the books, negotiating with new buyers who may want to scrap the ship, arranging things, keeping discipline. We follow a lad who rescues fish trapped in the hull, an old man who stares at the sun, the idealistic teacher, and Ahmad, the Captain's assistant who has fallen in love with a young woman whose father wants to marry her to someone of means. What future has this sinking city?

Iron Island

Iron Island

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-10-05

Languages:

Persian

Countries:

Iran

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (476 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Squatters, mostly Arabs in Persia, live on a mothballed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The children attend a school on board; men harvest scrap metal and old oil in the hull; women keep house and raise children. Captain Nemat runs things with an iron hand, orienting new residents, keeping the books, negotiating with new buyers who may want to scrap the ship, arranging things, keeping discipline. We follow a lad who rescues fish trapped in the hull, an old man who stares at the sun, the idealistic teacher, and Ahmad, the Captain's assistant who has fallen in love with a young woman whose father wants to marry her to someone of means. What future has this sinking city?

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