3 Movies Starring Jafar Panahi

This Is Not a Film

This Is Not a Film

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-02-29

Languages:

Persian

Countries:

Iran

Runtime:

75 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (3111 Reviews)

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Writer:

Jafar Panahi

Fullplot:

It's been months since Jafar Panahi, stuck in jail, has been awaiting a verdict by the appeals court. By depicting a day in his life, Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb try to portray the deprivations looming in contemporary Iranian cinema.

Closed Curtain

Closed Curtain

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-04-10

Languages:

Persian

Countries:

Iran

Runtime:

106 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (565 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

In a secluded house by the sea with the curtains shut, a screenwriter hides from the world with only his dog as company. The tranquility is abruptly broken one night by the arrival of a young woman fleeing from the authorities. Refusing to leave, she takes refuge in the house. But come dawn, another unexpected presence will change everything.

Taxi

Taxi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-04-15

Languages:

Persian

Countries:

Iran

Runtime:

82 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (1560 Reviews)

Director:

Jafar Panahi

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jafar Panahi

Fullplot:

When you are a filmmaker and you are not allowed to direct movies any more, you have to retrain. So why not become a taxi driver? Or better, why not pretend you are a taxi driver and make a film despite everything? This is what Jafar Panahi has done. Now he invites you to get into his cab for the price of a cinema ticket, to ride through the streets of Tehran and discover its people in the persons of his various passengers.

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