Ebrahim Golestan
Ebrahim Golestan (Taghavi Shirazi) (also spelt Ibrahim Golestan, Persian: ابراهیم گلستان), (born October 19, 1922 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian filmmaker and literary figure with a career spanning half a century. He has lived in Sussex, United Kingdom, since 1975. He was closely associated with the controversial and eminent Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad until her death, whom he met at his studio in 1958. He is said to have inspired her to live more independently.
The House Is Black
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness," of which...
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See You Friday, Robinson
as Himself"We should start with a correspondence, maybe we will not correspond to one another. Ebrahim can...
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The Crown Jewels of Iran
as Narrator (voice)The Crown Jewels of Iran is a 1965 film commissioned and then banned by the Shah’s cultural...
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The Ghost Valley's Treasure Mysteries
as Narrator (voice)A satirical comedy about a poor farmer who, while plowing his field, accidentally uncovers an...
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The Brick and the Mirror
as Voice on the radio (uncredited)Hashem is a cab driver who finds an infant child in the back seat of his cab one night after he...
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The Hills of Marlik
as Narrator (voice)This is a short documentary about Marlik hills and the archaeology's explorations there. But...
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Ebrahim Golestan, Full stop
as HimselfThis documentary that its filming has taken 10 years long, has shows a new picture of Ebrahim...
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Wave, Coral and Rock
as Voice (Persian Version)A documentary about the oil pipe installation in Khark, Iran in 1962.
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Harvest and Seed
as DirectorThe banned and unseen Harvest and Seed is a sardonic look at the conditions of a...
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Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island
as HimselfSimin Daneshvar was an Iranian pioneering novelist who lived nearly for a century and under 3...
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