Dariush Mehrjui Movies

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...

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...

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...

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...

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report dives into the artistic world of Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. The film offers critical interpretations of his...

A man contemplates life and compares it to a pear tree in his yard which stops producing fruit.

A look at the making of Dariush Mahrjui's 'The Cow' ('Gav'), considered by many to be the seminal film of the Iranian New Wave.

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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