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Dariush Mehrjui

Dariush Mehrjui

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Dariush Mehrju'i ( born 8 December 1939 in Tehran), also spelled as Mehrjui, Mehrjoui, and Mehrjuyi, is an Iranian director, screenwriter, producer, and film editor.

As an Iranian New Wave cinema icon, Mehrjui is regarded to be one of the intellectual directors of Iranian cinema. Most of his films are inspired by literature and adopted based on Iranian and foreign novels and plays.

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Movies Made By Dariush Mehrjui (27)

A Minor (2022)

Laminar, means the first step and chords that guitar learners learn. This movie is about a girl musician. ...

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Apparition (2014)

A drunken, boorish general tyrannises his wife and his maid. When the wife discovers that her husband and the maid are having an affair, she turns the maid out of the house, little realising that the young woman is pregnant with the general's child. Years ...

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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 obj ...

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Orange Suit (2012)

The story of a professional photographer Hamed Aban and the radical change in his life. The teacher of his son gives him a book about nature and the cleaning of it. This changes him radically. He goes and hires himself in the municipality, wearing the oran ...

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Beloved Sky (2011)

A young doctor whose name Shayan is got cancer. He decides to commit suicide but in the last moments something is happening that lead him to a remote village. ...

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Tehran, Tehran (2010)

This movie is about a music group that want to have their first concert but the politics don't let them.The name of the episode is sime akhar. ...

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Persian Carpet (2007)

Persian Carpet is an omnibus film produced by Iran's National Carpet Center and Farabi Cinema Foundation where 15 renowned Iranian directors contributed films on the subject of Persian carpet. Carpets are the reflection of the cultural and historical ident ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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To Stay Alive (2002)

A woman tries to escape from the much older man she was forced to marry. ...

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Tales of an Island (2000)

An anthology directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Testing Democracy) and Dariush Mehrjui (Dear Cousin is Lost) ...

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The Mix (2000)

An Iranian director and his technical crew scramble to complete post-production on their latest film in time for the Fajr Film Festival. ...

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Leila (1999)

This film tells the story of a semi modern Iranian couple, who are trying to fight the old beliefs and old generation. This is a failing battle because the man is not strong enough. ...

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The Pear Tree (1998)

Mahmoud is suffering from writer's block and he is unable to continue the book he is currently working upon. He decides to take a break from his routine life and plans to visit his family's rural estate that is situated at north of Tehran. He also intends ...

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Pari (1995)

Pari is an honor student in literature and theatre at Tehran University. Attracted to the life of her late brother Asad, an ascetic and devotee to Eastern philosophy, she abandons her usual life and embarks on a journey to find herself and discover who she ...

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Sara (1993)

Sara is the perfect young housewife. When husband Hessam requires an expensive emergency operation abroad, it is she who works for the funds. For the next three years she labors secretly to pay the shady loan shark and save Hessam - until the truth is reve ...

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The Lady (1992)

Maryam Banoo, a depressed wealthy woman, finds out that her husband is having an affair with another woman. Her husband leaves the house after Maryam Banoo understands the truth. Maryam feels lonely and, by accident, she finds a poor worker and his pregnan ...

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Hamoon (1990)

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. ...

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Shirak (1988)

Set against the stunning landscape of rural Iran, Shirak is a symbolic rural drama centered on a young boy who lives in a small agricultural village that is being terrorized by wild boars. When his father is mauled to death by the boars during an attack on ...

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The Tenants (1987)

A satirical comedy about the oddball inhabitants of a Tehran apartment building and their landlord. ...

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Journey to the Land of Rimbaud (1983)

A documentary about the French poet Arthur Rimbaud. ...

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The School We Went To (1980)

Students of a guidance school try to stand up against vice-principal's oppressing rules. ...

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The Cycle (1978)

Ali and his father go from their poor neighborhood in the outskirts of the city to a hospital so that Ali's father can be treated for his sickness. However since they have no money, Ali starts to work for Dr. Sameri who deals in blood. ...

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The Postman (1972)

A political metaphor based on Buchner's "Woyzeck": a simpleminded mailman ends up committing a murder. ...

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Mr. Gullible (1970)

The story of a simple fellow from a small town who travels to Tehran to find a suitable girl for marriage. ...

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The Cow (1969)

An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns. ...

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Diamond 33 (1966)

A professor who found out a formula to make diamonds from oil is killed in Tehran and his nephew who is a spy is sent to Tehran by Interpol in order to find the formula. ...

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Movies Starring Dariush Mehrjui (7)

New Wave (2016)

A Documentary about the New Wave movement in Iranian cinema. ...

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Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report (2016)

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report dives into the artistic world of Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. The film offers critical interpretations of his works from cinema experts, enriched with personal anecdotes from his peers. ...

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Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution (2006)

Today Iranian cinema is one of the most highly regarded national cinemas in the world, regularly winning festival awards and critical acclaim for films which combine remarkable artistry and social relevance. Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution traces the de ...

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Cinema Iran (2005)

Tracing the history and influence of Iranian cinema and its filmmakers. ...

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Summit of the Wave (2003)

Part 3 of documentary trilogy about Persian poet Forough Farrokhzad. This part focuses on her theatre and film work. ...

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The Mirror of the Soul (2002)

Part 2 of the trilogy concerning Persian poet Farough Farrokhz. This film examines her controversial, sometimes erotic, poetry. Contemporary Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad became a legend in her own time for her innovative and controversial writings. In ...

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The Green Cold (1999)

Part 1 of the trilogy concerning Persian poet Farough Farrokhz. This film traces her personal life. ...

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