Behnaz Jafari

Behnaz Jafari was born in Tehran , Iran , in 1974, and has begun her cinematic activities since 1980. She has got her B.A. in Dramatic Literature from College of Art of Azad University in 2005. She won diploma of honor as best actress in a leading role for "The President's Cellphone" in the Thirtieth Fajr Film Festival.

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Wake Up, Arezu! (2017)

Moments after the earthquake, a young teacher in a village outside the town of Bam, scrambles from under the rubble and finds out that her colleagues has died in the quake. She sets out for the town of Bam to get rescue aid for the villagers, but to her amazement, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kianush Ayyari
CAST:  Mehran Rajabi  •  Behnaz Jafari  •  Mehdi Jafari  •  Mohammad Hossein Akbari

Moments after the earthquake, a young teacher in a village outside the town of Bam, scrambles from under the rubble and finds out that her colleagues has died in the quake. She sets out for the town of Bam to get rescue aid for the villagers, but to her amazement, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kianush Ayyari
CAST:  Mehran Rajabi  •  Behnaz Jafari  •  Mehdi Jafari  •  Mohammad Hossein Akbari

Chand tare mu (2005)

Pirzad's mother, in a telephone conversation with her, finds that she is detached from her husband, Pejman, she was informed that her son Behzad was arrested in student confrontations and he was looking for a solution. Pejman accompanies his son Septa and a woman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iraj Karimi
CAST:  Afsane Chehreazad  •  Shahrokh Foroutanian  •  Behnaz Jafari  •  Negar Javaherian

Pirzad's mother, in a telephone conversation with her, finds that she is detached from her husband, Pejman, she was informed that her son Behzad was arrested in student confrontations and he was looking for a solution. Pejman accompanies his son Septa and a woman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iraj Karimi
CAST:  Afsane Chehreazad  •  Shahrokh Foroutanian  •  Behnaz Jafari  •  Negar Javaherian

A House Built on Water (2002)

Director Bahman Farmanara's second film following a 20-year exile from his native Iran depicts the spiritual crisis of a middle-aged man. In the film's dreamlike opening scene, Dr. Reza Sepidbakht (Reza Kianian), a well-off Tehran gynecologist, thinks he runs over ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bahman Farmanara
CAST:  Reza Kianian  •  Jamshid Mashayekhi  •  Ezzatollah Entezami  •  Hedie Tehrani

Director Bahman Farmanara's second film following a 20-year exile from his native Iran depicts the spiritual crisis of a middle-aged man. In the film's dreamlike opening scene, Dr. Reza Sepidbakht (Reza Kianian), a well-off Tehran gynecologist, thinks he runs over ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bahman Farmanara
CAST:  Reza Kianian  •  Jamshid Mashayekhi  •  Ezzatollah Entezami  •  Hedie Tehrani

A Time To Love (2009)

A disabled child living with his parents tries to relate emotionally to other members of his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ebrahim Forouzesh
CAST:  Behnaz Jafari  •  Alireza Mozafari  •  Negin Seddigh Guya  •  Ali Shadman

A disabled child living with his parents tries to relate emotionally to other members of his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ebrahim Forouzesh
CAST:  Behnaz Jafari  •  Alireza Mozafari  •  Negin Seddigh Guya  •  Ali Shadman

The Blue-Veiled (1995)

An elderly owner of a tomato farm and sauce factory, after his wife's death, falls in love with one of the workers of the factory endangering his relationship with his daughters and in-laws. While everybody in the big family persuades the old man to abandon the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rakhshan Banietemad
CAST:  Golab Adine  •  Afsar Asadi  •  Jamshid Esmailkhani  •  Farhad Aslani

An elderly owner of a tomato farm and sauce factory, after his wife's death, falls in love with one of the workers of the factory endangering his relationship with his daughters and in-laws. While everybody in the big family persuades the old man to abandon the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rakhshan Banietemad
CAST:  Golab Adine  •  Afsar Asadi  •  Jamshid Esmailkhani  •  Farhad Aslani

10 + 4 (Dah be alaveh chahar) (2007)

After casting painter and video artist Mania Akbari as the central figure of his groundbreaking Ten (2002), and then witnessing her outstanding debut as a feature film director in 20 Fingers (2004), Abbas Kiarostami urged her to direct a sequel to the film. In Dah ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mania Akbari
CAST:  Mania Akbari  •  Amina Maher  •  Behnaz Jafari

After casting painter and video artist Mania Akbari as the central figure of his groundbreaking Ten (2002), and then witnessing her outstanding debut as a feature film director in 20 Fingers (2004), Abbas Kiarostami urged her to direct a sequel to the film. In Dah ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mania Akbari
CAST:  Mania Akbari  •  Amina Maher  •  Behnaz Jafari

Shirin (2008)

A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abbas Kiarostami
CAST:  Taraneh Alidoosti  •  Pegah Ahangarani  •  Mahnaz Afshar  •  Juliette Binoche

A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abbas Kiarostami
CAST:  Taraneh Alidoosti  •  Pegah Ahangarani  •  Mahnaz Afshar  •  Juliette Binoche

Lantouri (2016)

Lantouri is the name of a gang that mugs people in broad daylight on the streets of Tehran and breaks into homes in the city’s rich northern district. The gang also kidnaps children from families who have become wealthy through corruption and embezzlement of state ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reza Dormishian
CAST:  Baran Kosari  •  Navid Mohammadzadeh  •  Maryam Palizban  •  Reza Behboudi

Lantouri is the name of a gang that mugs people in broad daylight on the streets of Tehran and breaks into homes in the city’s rich northern district. The gang also kidnaps children from families who have become wealthy through corruption and embezzlement of state ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reza Dormishian
CAST:  Baran Kosari  •  Navid Mohammadzadeh  •  Maryam Palizban  •  Reza Behboudi

Sound and Fury (2016)

Khosro, a pop singer, lives a hectic life with his wife Tina and their son Moez. His life is further complicated when he begins a love affair with a female fan. A terrible event ensues obliging the lovers to each recount their side of the story in pursuit of the truth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Houman Seyyedi
CAST:  Navid Mohammadzadeh  •  Tannaz Tabatabaei  •  Rana Azadivar  •  Behnaz Jafari

Khosro, a pop singer, lives a hectic life with his wife Tina and their son Moez. His life is further complicated when he begins a love affair with a female fan. A terrible event ensues obliging the lovers to each recount their side of the story in pursuit of the truth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Houman Seyyedi
CAST:  Navid Mohammadzadeh  •  Tannaz Tabatabaei  •  Rana Azadivar  •  Behnaz Jafari

The Girl's House (2017)

Tomorrow is Samira's wedding ceremony and Bahar and Parisa are shopping excitedly. But at night somebody calls and tells them that the bride is dead and the wedding has been called off. They are both shocked and they cannot believe what they have heard, so they go ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shahram Shah Hosseini
CAST:  Hamed Behdad  •  Rana Azadivar  •  Babak Karimi  •  Baran Kosari

Tomorrow is Samira's wedding ceremony and Bahar and Parisa are shopping excitedly. But at night somebody calls and tells them that the bride is dead and the wedding has been called off. They are both shocked and they cannot believe what they have heard, so they go ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shahram Shah Hosseini
CAST:  Hamed Behdad  •  Rana Azadivar  •  Babak Karimi  •  Baran Kosari

Resident of the Middle Floor (2014)

'Resident of the Middle Floor' tells the quirky tale of a depressive writer (Shahab Hosseini) struggling for inspiration. He immerses himself into each new idea, playing the roles of his characters before our eyes. Slowly, these fantasies begin to intersect with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shahab Hosseini
CAST:  Shahab Hosseini  •  Tannaz Tabatabaei  •  Hossein Yari  •  Sare Bayat

'Resident of the Middle Floor' tells the quirky tale of a depressive writer (Shahab Hosseini) struggling for inspiration. He immerses himself into each new idea, playing the roles of his characters before our eyes. Slowly, these fantasies begin to intersect with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shahab Hosseini
CAST:  Shahab Hosseini  •  Tannaz Tabatabaei  •  Hossein Yari  •  Sare Bayat

Blackboards (2000)

Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he offers to guide them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samira Makhmalbaf
CAST:  Said Mohamadi  •  Behnaz Jafari  •  Bahman Ghobadi  •  Mohamad Karim Rahmati

Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he offers to guide them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samira Makhmalbaf
CAST:  Said Mohamadi  •  Behnaz Jafari  •  Bahman Ghobadi  •  Mohamad Karim Rahmati

7 Months Pregnant (2016)

Revenge may have irreversible consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hatef Alimardani
CAST:  Pegah Ahangarani  •  Hamed Behdad  •  Baran Kosari  •  Ahmad Mehranfar

Revenge may have irreversible consequences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hatef Alimardani
CAST:  Pegah Ahangarani  •  Hamed Behdad  •  Baran Kosari  •  Ahmad Mehranfar

A 5 Star (2014)

A story about a poor girl working in a 5 star hotel in tehran and the workers of the hotel when somthing priceless will stolen...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahshid Afsharzadeh
CAST:  Behnoush Bakhtiari  •  Shirin Bina  •  Shahab Hosseini  •  Homayoun Ershadi

A story about a poor girl working in a 5 star hotel in tehran and the workers of the hotel when somthing priceless will stolen...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mahshid Afsharzadeh
CAST:  Behnoush Bakhtiari  •  Shirin Bina  •  Shahab Hosseini  •  Homayoun Ershadi

3 Faces (2018)

Filmmaker Jafar Panahi and actor Behnaz Jafari travel to a tiny village after receiving a plea for help from a girl whose family has forbidden her from studying acting. Amusing encounters abound, but they soon discover that the local hospitality is rivaled by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jafar Panahi
CAST:  Behnaz Jafari  •  Jafar Panahi  •  Marziyeh Rezaei  •  Maedeh Erteghaei

Filmmaker Jafar Panahi and actor Behnaz Jafari travel to a tiny village after receiving a plea for help from a girl whose family has forbidden her from studying acting. Amusing encounters abound, but they soon discover that the local hospitality is rivaled by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jafar Panahi
CAST:  Behnaz Jafari  •  Jafar Panahi  •  Marziyeh Rezaei  •  Maedeh Erteghaei

I Want to (2018)

Bahram Farzaneh is a writer who has long been unable to write a story. Suddenly, due to a car accident, a song is repeated in his mind that brings him to dance. The same thing stirred up the passion for writing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bahman Farmanara
CAST:  Reza Kianian  •  Mahnaz Afshar  •  Mohammadreza Golzar  •  Reza Behboudi

Bahram Farzaneh is a writer who has long been unable to write a story. Suddenly, due to a car accident, a song is repeated in his mind that brings him to dance. The same thing stirred up the passion for writing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bahman Farmanara
CAST:  Reza Kianian  •  Mahnaz Afshar  •  Mohammadreza Golzar  •  Reza Behboudi

Tehran: City of Love (2019)

Three lonely people, each looking for love in their own ways. This is hard enough in any big city – never mind in Tehran, where individual freedoms can’t be taken for granted. In a sexy voice on the telephone, an overweight receptionist seduces men who wouldn’t ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Jaberansari
CAST:  Forough Ghajebeglou  •  Mehdi Saki  •  Behnaz Jafari  •  Amir Hessam Bakhtiari

Three lonely people, each looking for love in their own ways. This is hard enough in any big city – never mind in Tehran, where individual freedoms can’t be taken for granted. In a sexy voice on the telephone, an overweight receptionist seduces men who wouldn’t ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ali Jaberansari
CAST:  Forough Ghajebeglou  •  Mehdi Saki  •  Behnaz Jafari  •  Amir Hessam Bakhtiari

Yalda (2020)

Maryam accidentally killed her husband Nasser and is sentenced to death. The only person who can save her is Mona, Nasser's daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a TV show and forgive Maryam. But forgiveness proves difficult when they are forced to relive the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Massoud Bakhshi
CAST:  Sadaf Asgari  •  Behnaz Jafari  •  Babak Karimi  •  Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee

Maryam accidentally killed her husband Nasser and is sentenced to death. The only person who can save her is Mona, Nasser's daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a TV show and forgive Maryam. But forgiveness proves difficult when they are forced to relive the past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Massoud Bakhshi
CAST:  Sadaf Asgari  •  Behnaz Jafari  •  Babak Karimi  •  Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee

Patio (2018)

Patio is the story of individuals whose city, no matter how large it may be, feels similar to a small patio for them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maryam Bahrololoomi
CAST:  Behnaz Jafari  •  Mohadeseh Heyrat  •  Karim Amini  •  Yasaman Torabi

Patio is the story of individuals whose city, no matter how large it may be, feels similar to a small patio for them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maryam Bahrololoomi
CAST:  Behnaz Jafari  •  Mohadeseh Heyrat  •  Karim Amini  •  Yasaman Torabi

Tehran 7:00 a.m. (2003)

24 hours in Tehran. A traffic cop is interested in an actress, two old sourpusses terrorise the drug control lab, not everything a taxi driver says is the truth and a building worker seems to be in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amir Shahab Razavian
CAST:  Nazanin Farahani  •  Behnaz Jafari  •  Alireza Khamseh  •  Hassan Moazeni

24 hours in Tehran. A traffic cop is interested in an actress, two old sourpusses terrorise the drug control lab, not everything a taxi driver says is the truth and a building worker seems to be in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amir Shahab Razavian
CAST:  Nazanin Farahani  •  Behnaz Jafari  •  Alireza Khamseh  •  Hassan Moazeni
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