Irene Zazians
Irene Zazians (August 20, 1927 – July 28, 2012), known mononymously as Irene, was an Iranian-Armenian actress of cinema and television. She worked with famous Iranian new wave directors both before and after the 1979 revolution, such as Samuel Khachikian, Amir Naderi, Nosrat Karimi, Masoud Kimiyayi, and Alireza Davood Nejad. Her two films after the revolution, The Red Line directed by Kimiyayi and The Reward by Davood Nejad, were banned. She also appeared in four TV series. She portrayed Mahde Olya (Nasereddin Shah's mother) in Soltan-e Sahebgheran directed by Ali Hatami in 1976. Her role in Hezar Dastan, another series directed by Ali Hatami, was cut out. After the Iranian revolution she was banned from taking part in any artistic activities. She travelled to Germany, where she re-trained as a beautician. She returned to Iran in 1986, during the harshest time of the Iran-Iraq war. Her last performance in cinema was in Shirin in 2008, a film by Abbas Kiarostami. She died of lung cancer in 2012 in Tehran.
Filmfarsi
as (archive footage)A found-footage essay, Filmfarsi salvages low budget thrillers and melodramas suppressed...
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The Red-Haired
as NayyerNayyer after killing a woman takes over Sha'ban's lands and accused him of the killing causing...
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Women According to Men
as uncreditedBefore the Islamic Revolution in Iran, women's lives were strongly determined by two...
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Anxiety
as uncreditedBehrouz - a criminal story writer - is married with Roxanne and is running the factory of...
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Baluch
as FarangisTwo gangster squads who smuggle antiques fight each other in Zahedan. The first squad's members...
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Berehne ta zohr ba sorat
as uncreditedA young man who has killed his creditor is coerced into cutting his ties with his fiancé and...
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Noah's Ark
as LeylaTo find pearls, a fisher man goes to the sea on a cursed ship. But the ship seamen leave him in...
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Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
as SelfAn examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979...
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Rooster
as BelgheisAfter the death of her husband, a woman lives with her son, a cockfighter. An old admirer...
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Mardi ke ranj mibarad
as SorourA young man is accused of embezzlement by staging his boss and goes to prison, but soon he is...
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Hakim-bashi
as EnsiyehA young doctor enters a village to serve there but the traditional doctor Mozaffar Khan...
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Homaye Sa'adat
as NazaninAram falls in love with a beautiful dancer Shirin. Due to her dubious profession, Aram and his...
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The Triple Bed
as uncreditedPooran doesn't get pregnant so Mahmood marries a widow in the hope of becoming a father....
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Akbar the Interpreter
as MalihehAkbar has just lost his job when he meets a foreign tourist woman named Catherine and starts...
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The Interim Husband
as uncreditedA man who divorced his wife three times due to a misunderstanding , regrets his act after...
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The Red Line
as Lale's motherDuring the Islamic revolution a SAVAK member Amani marries a woman her name Laleh. Laleh is a...
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Anxiety
as ShahlaAmir is the accountant of a company that is falsely accused of embezzlement, and before his...
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