Tahmine Milani
Tahmine Milani (تهمینه میلانی) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and producer. Milani was born in 1960 in Tabriz. She is the wife of the Iranian actor and producer Mohammad Nikbin. After gaining her degree in architecture she embarked on a career in filmmaking. In her films Tahmine Milani has addressed difficult subjects such as women's rights and the representations of the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Milani has even been sent to prison. The Iranian government raised objections to her film The Hidden Half (Nimeye Penha). She is also known for Nights of Tehran (Shabhaye Tehran), Children of Divorce (Bachehaye Talagh ), To Stay Alive (Bimani), What's Up? (Digeh Che Khabar?) and The Legend of a Sigh (Afsaneye Aaah).
Two Women (1999)
A sensation when released in 1999 in Iran, Two Women charts the lives of two promising architecture students over the course of the first turbulent years of the Islamic Republic. Tahimine Milani creates this scathing portrait of those traditions - aided by official ... (more)
A sensation when released in 1999 in Iran, Two Women charts the lives of two promising architecture students over the course of the first turbulent years of the Islamic Republic. Tahimine Milani creates this scathing portrait of those traditions - aided by official ... (more)
The Legend of a Sigh (1991)
The Legend of a Sigh is Tahmineh Milani's strikingly feminist film which draws on the literature of Azarbayejan province. The protagonist is a female novelist who experiences the lives of four women from different social strata. The film offers a fascinating ... (more)
The Legend of a Sigh is Tahmineh Milani's strikingly feminist film which draws on the literature of Azarbayejan province. The protagonist is a female novelist who experiences the lives of four women from different social strata. The film offers a fascinating ... (more)
What Else Is New? (1992)
The film is about an imaginative and lively student who transforms her immediate family and surroundings when she talks herself into writing a novel. (more)
The film is about an imaginative and lively student who transforms her immediate family and surroundings when she talks herself into writing a novel. (more)
Directed by Tahmineh Milani. (more)
Pay Back (2010)
Ziba and three of her prison cohorts, recently released from a Tehran prison, settle in an out of town doctor's house posing as house sitters and embark on a get rich quick scheme. They plan to mug the lecherous men who give a ride to ladies waiting at street sides ... (more)
Ziba and three of her prison cohorts, recently released from a Tehran prison, settle in an out of town doctor's house posing as house sitters and embark on a get rich quick scheme. They plan to mug the lecherous men who give a ride to ladies waiting at street sides ... (more)
One Of Us (2011)
Sarah is an architect who tries to figure out the best way to treat her boss. (more)
Sarah is an architect who tries to figure out the best way to treat her boss. (more)
Superstar (2009)
An arrogant movie star's life drastically changes when a teenage girl shows up. (more)
An arrogant movie star's life drastically changes when a teenage girl shows up. (more)
The Unwanted Woman (2005)
A woman trapped in an unhappy marriage: Sima, must contend with a husband so insensitive that he makes no effort to hide his various sexual indiscretions. He forces her into an even more uncomfortable situation when he asks his wife to pretend she is related to his ... (more)
A woman trapped in an unhappy marriage: Sima, must contend with a husband so insensitive that he makes no effort to hide his various sexual indiscretions. He forces her into an even more uncomfortable situation when he asks his wife to pretend she is related to his ... (more)
The Fifth Reaction (2003)
Fereshteh loses her home and her two sons after her husband's accidental death when Hadj Safdar, her stubborn and powerful father-in-law, forces her to return to her parents. She is faced with the loss of her visitation rights when Hadj plans to send his ... (more)
Fereshteh loses her home and her two sons after her husband's accidental death when Hadj Safdar, her stubborn and powerful father-in-law, forces her to return to her parents. She is faced with the loss of her visitation rights when Hadj plans to send his ... (more)
The Hidden Half (2001)
An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official's wife of nearly 20 years, Fereshteh Samimi, writes him a letter to read when he reaches the hotel - the story of her student days ... (more)
An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official's wife of nearly 20 years, Fereshteh Samimi, writes him a letter to read when he reaches the hotel - the story of her student days ... (more)
Cease Fire (2006)
A couple (Golzar & Afshar) who have been bickering & fighting from day one, are contemplating divorce until by chance they both end up visiting a therapist (Pesiani) who dishes them the secrets of a good relationship. Various episodes from the couple's ... (more)
A couple (Golzar & Afshar) who have been bickering & fighting from day one, are contemplating divorce until by chance they both end up visiting a therapist (Pesiani) who dishes them the secrets of a good relationship. Various episodes from the couple's ... (more)
Cease Fire 2 (2014)
Untaken Paths (2017)
„Untaken Paths“ tells the story of a young woman in love, who marries against the wishes of her family. She is challenged when her nascent marriage is thrown into trouble because of the couple’s roots in different social strata. (more)
„Untaken Paths“ tells the story of a young woman in love, who marries against the wishes of her family. She is challenged when her nascent marriage is thrown into trouble because of the couple’s roots in different social strata. (more)