4 Movies Directed by Dariush Mehrjui

The Cow

The Cow

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1974-12-01

Languages:

Persian

Countries:

Iran

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (3868 Reviews)

Director:

Dariush Mehrjui

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Dariush Mehrjui

Gholam-Hossein Saedi (play)

Fullplot:

Masht Hassan owns the only cow in a remote and desolate village. He treats the cow as his own child. When he is away, his cow dies. Knowing the relationship between Masht Hassan and his cow, the villagers hastily dispose the corpse, and when Masht Hassan comes back, they tell him that his cow ran away. Masht Hassan is devastated, he starts to spend all his time in the barn, eating hay, and slowly believes that he is the cow.

Hamoun

Hamoun

Basic Info:

Languages:

Persian

Countries:

Iran

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (4803 Reviews)

Director:

Dariush Mehrjui

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Hamoon's wife is leaving him. He is also unsuccessfully trying to finish his Ph.D. thesis. He is forced to reexamine his life. In a series of flashbacks and dreams, Hamoon tries to figure out what he did wrong.

Leila

Leila

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-05-16

Languages:

Persian

Countries:

Iran

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (2075 Reviews)

Director:

Dariush Mehrjui

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Leila and Reza meet in a kind of celebration and fall for each other. Having discovered their love, they get married soon only to find out the infertility of Leila. That's when Reza's authoritative mother starts wheedling Leila to persuade Reza into second marriage for the sake of having a grandchild. Leila accepts at first but is unaware of her own strain threshold.

The Pear Tree

The Pear Tree

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-01

Languages:

Persian

Countries:

Iran

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (829 Reviews)

Director:

Dariush Mehrjui

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

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