Hassan Pourshirazi

The White Meadows (2009)

Rahmat travels to a host of islands in a vast salt pan in order to collect the inhabitant's tears for an unknown purpose. He is joined on his mysterious journey by a young boy searching for his father. As their travel nears its end, a potent critique of the Iran's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohammad Rasoulof
CAST:  Hassan Pourshirazi  •  Younes Ghazali  •  Mohammad Rabbani  •  Mohammad Shirvani

Rahmat travels to a host of islands in a vast salt pan in order to collect the inhabitant's tears for an unknown purpose. He is joined on his mysterious journey by a young boy searching for his father. As their travel nears its end, a potent critique of the Iran's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohammad Rasoulof
CAST:  Hassan Pourshirazi  •  Younes Ghazali  •  Mohammad Rabbani  •  Mohammad Shirvani

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DIRECTION:  Payman Haghani
CAST:  Reza Afshar  •  Hamed Behdad  •  Maryam Khodarahmi  •  Asha Mehrabi

Gradually... (2006)

A welder discovers his wife has disappeared. He sets out to look for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maziar Miri
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Maryam Boubani  •  Shahrokh Foroutanian  •  Roya Javidnia

A welder discovers his wife has disappeared. He sets out to look for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maziar Miri
CAST:  Mohammad Reza Foroutan  •  Maryam Boubani  •  Shahrokh Foroutanian  •  Roya Javidnia

Goodbye (2011)

Story of a young lawyer in Tehran in search of a visa to leave the country, which is what Mohammad Rasoulof did during the winter of 2010/11.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohammad Rasoulof
CAST:  Leila Zare  •  Hassan Pourshirazi  •  Shahab Hosseini  •  Behnam Tashakkor

Story of a young lawyer in Tehran in search of a visa to leave the country, which is what Mohammad Rasoulof did during the winter of 2010/11.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohammad Rasoulof
CAST:  Leila Zare  •  Hassan Pourshirazi  •  Shahab Hosseini  •  Behnam Tashakkor

The Music Man (2007)

Ali is son of a well-off family who plays the santoor (an Iranian instrument) and has earned some reputation through his concerts and teaching music but is rejected by his family because of this profession, which they despise. He falls for one of his music students ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dariush Mehrjui
CAST:  Bahram Radan  •  Golshifteh Farahani  •  Masoud Rayegan  •  Roya Taymourian

Ali is son of a well-off family who plays the santoor (an Iranian instrument) and has earned some reputation through his concerts and teaching music but is rejected by his family because of this profession, which they despise. He falls for one of his music students ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dariush Mehrjui
CAST:  Bahram Radan  •  Golshifteh Farahani  •  Masoud Rayegan  •  Roya Taymourian

Half Moon (2006)

Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he sets out for the long and troublesome journey in a derelict bus, denying a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bahman Ghobadi
CAST:  Golshifteh Farahani  •  Ismail Ghaffari  •  Farzin Sabooni  •  Kambiz Arshi

Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he sets out for the long and troublesome journey in a derelict bus, denying a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bahman Ghobadi
CAST:  Golshifteh Farahani  •  Ismail Ghaffari  •  Farzin Sabooni  •  Kambiz Arshi

Killing Mad Dogs (2001)

Golrokh, an Iranian author, struggles to settle her husband's debts caused by a business partner who left him to bear the consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bahram Beyzai
CAST:  Mozhdeh Shamsai  •  Majid Mozaffari  •  Reza Kianian  •  Mitra Hajjar

Golrokh, an Iranian author, struggles to settle her husband's debts caused by a business partner who left him to bear the consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bahram Beyzai
CAST:  Mozhdeh Shamsai  •  Majid Mozaffari  •  Reza Kianian  •  Mitra Hajjar

Aghaye haft Rang (2008)

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DIRECTION:  Shahram Shahhosseini
CAST:  Reza Attaran  •  Linda Kiani  •  Niki Karimi  •  Afsaneh Bayegan

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DIRECTION:  Shahram Shahhosseini
CAST:  Reza Attaran  •  Linda Kiani  •  Niki Karimi  •  Afsaneh Bayegan

The Last Fiction (2019)

Kingdom of Jamkard, ancient Persia. After defeating the armies of Ahriman, embodiment of evil, King Jamshid, bearer of the light of Divine Power, abandons his people blinded by pride, determined to conquer new lands. Thus, by chance, Zahhaak becomes regent and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashkan Rahgozar
CAST:  Hamed Behdad  •  Leila Hatami  •  Parviz Parastouei  •  Baran Kosari

Kingdom of Jamkard, ancient Persia. After defeating the armies of Ahriman, embodiment of evil, King Jamshid, bearer of the light of Divine Power, abandons his people blinded by pride, determined to conquer new lands. Thus, by chance, Zahhaak becomes regent and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashkan Rahgozar
CAST:  Hamed Behdad  •  Leila Hatami  •  Parviz Parastouei  •  Baran Kosari

Swear (2019)

The film is about murdering a woman named Rezvan whose family and relatives are seeking to prove that her husband is murdered in court ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohsen Tanabande
CAST:  Mahnaz Afshar  •  Saeed Aghakhani  •  Hassan Pourshirazi  •  Giti Moeeni

The film is about murdering a woman named Rezvan whose family and relatives are seeking to prove that her husband is murdered in court ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mohsen Tanabande
CAST:  Mahnaz Afshar  •  Saeed Aghakhani  •  Hassan Pourshirazi  •  Giti Moeeni

Mum's Guest (2004)

A mother of a poor family, has guests coming over, yet doesn't know how to get the dinner party altogether with limited resources.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dariush Mehrjui
CAST:  Golab Adine  •  Hassan Pourshirazi  •  Parsa Pirouzfar  •  Amin Hayaei

A mother of a poor family, has guests coming over, yet doesn't know how to get the dinner party altogether with limited resources.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dariush Mehrjui
CAST:  Golab Adine  •  Hassan Pourshirazi  •  Parsa Pirouzfar  •  Amin Hayaei

Hussein Who Said No (2014)

The story of Imam Hossein's battle in Karbala, an unfair war which made one the most important effects in Islam history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmad Reza Darvish
CAST:  Babak Hamidian  •  Mahtab Keramati  •  Shaghayegh Farahani  •  Parviz Pourhosseini

The story of Imam Hossein's battle in Karbala, an unfair war which made one the most important effects in Islam history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmad Reza Darvish
CAST:  Babak Hamidian  •  Mahtab Keramati  •  Shaghayegh Farahani  •  Parviz Pourhosseini

The Slaughterhouse (2020)

Amir, recently released from prison in France, finds himself back in Iran and in over his head when his father, a slaughterhouse worker, calls him to help him cover up a crime which has happened there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abbas Amini
CAST:  Amirhossein Fathi  •  Mani Haghighi  •  Hassan Pourshirazi  •  Baran Kosari

Amir, recently released from prison in France, finds himself back in Iran and in over his head when his father, a slaughterhouse worker, calls him to help him cover up a crime which has happened there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abbas Amini
CAST:  Amirhossein Fathi  •  Mani Haghighi  •  Hassan Pourshirazi  •  Baran Kosari

180 Degree Rule (2020)

A school teacher from Tehran is preparing to attend a wedding in northern Iran. When her husband suddenly forbids her to go, she makes a choice that will place her on a painful path to atonement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Farnoosh Samadi
CAST:  Sahar Dolatshahi  •  Pejman Jamshidi  •  Hassan Pourshirazi  •  Azita Hajian

A school teacher from Tehran is preparing to attend a wedding in northern Iran. When her husband suddenly forbids her to go, she makes a choice that will place her on a painful path to atonement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Farnoosh Samadi
CAST:  Sahar Dolatshahi  •  Pejman Jamshidi  •  Hassan Pourshirazi  •  Azita Hajian

Good to Be Back (2013)

Dentist Farzad has returned to Iran after many years abroad to escape his anxieties and daily stresses. Farzad is delighted to be reunited with his old friend, Kambiz, who has been his seaside neighbor for years. However, the appearance of a mysterious object ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dariush Mehrjui
CAST:  Hamed Behdad  •  Mahnaz Afshar  •  Roya Taymourian  •  Reza Attaran

Dentist Farzad has returned to Iran after many years abroad to escape his anxieties and daily stresses. Farzad is delighted to be reunited with his old friend, Kambiz, who has been his seaside neighbor for years. However, the appearance of a mysterious object ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dariush Mehrjui
CAST:  Hamed Behdad  •  Mahnaz Afshar  •  Roya Taymourian  •  Reza Attaran