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The Orange Suit
''The Orange Suit'' (, ''Narenji-Poush'') is a 2012 film by the Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. Mehrjui also co-wrote the script with Vahidéa Mohammadi. The film was lensed by Farrokh Majidi and starred Hamed Behdad, Homayoun Ershadi, Kianoosh Gerami, Mitra Hajjar, and Leila Hatami Leila Hatami (; born 1 October 1972) is an Iranian actress. Regarded as one of the best actresses of Iranian Cinema, she is considered one of the most prominent performers in the 21st century. She is recognized for her realistic acting in dram .... Cast Awards and nomination References External links * Iranian comedy-drama films 2012 films Films directed by Dariush Mehrjui {{Iran-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dariush Mehrjui
Dariush Mehrjui (; 8 December 1939 – 14 October 2023) was an Iranian filmmaker and a member of the Iranian Academy of the Arts. Mehrjui was a founding member of the Iranian New Wave movement of the early 1970s, which also included directors Masoud Kimiai and Nasser Taqvai. His second film, ''The Cow'' (1969), is considered to be the first film of this movement. Most of his films are inspired by literature and adapted from Iranian and foreign novels and plays. On 14 October 2023, Mehrjui and his wife, Vahideh Mohammadifar, were found stabbed to death in their home in the city of Karaj, near Tehran. Early life and education Dariush Mehrjui was born on 8 December 1939 to a middle-class family in Tehran. He showed interest in painting miniatures, music, and playing santoor and piano. He spent a lot of time going to the movies, particularly American films which were un-dubbed and inter-spliced with explanatory title cards that explained the plot throughout the films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Rezai
Christophe Rezai (; born 1966 in Toulouse) is a French-Iranian composer living in Tehran since 1994. Career He was born from an Iranian Father and a French mother in 1966 in the city of Toulouse in France. He has studied music (piano, vocal and theory) along with engineering and marketing. Since 1987 he has recorded around 300 tracks for Iranian television advertisement. He has composed soundtracks for long film, short films as well as documentaries and has worked with director like Dariush Mehrjui, Mani Haghighi, Shahram Mokri, Safi Yazdanian, Rassoul Sadr Ameli and many others. He initiated a baroque music ensemble (Aria Music) in 1996, giving concerts in Iran & India. He further established the Nour ensemble. In the summer of 2004, Nour appeared in a musical documentary, this time filmed at the Palace of Ardashir in Firouzabad. The arrangements of Journey (2001, Hermes Records) is also among his musical activities. In 2003, Rezai won the first prize of the Avignon Film Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farrokh Majidi
Farrokh may refer to: * Farrokh (name), including a list of people with the given name and surname, also variant spellings * Qanat-e Farrokh, village in Iran * Farrokh Pey, village in Iran * Farrokh Shahr, city in Iran * Farrokh Bolagh, East Azerbaijan, village in Iran * Farrokh Bolagh, Hamadan, village in Iran * Zu ol Farrokh, village in Iran See also * Farrokhzad (other) * Farukh (other) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayedeh Safiyari
Hayedeh Safiyari (; born 27 June 1959) is an Iranian film editor and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She graduated in Art Cinema from a reputed University in Iran and decided to pursue her professional career in movie editing. Immediately after graduating from the university, she was recruited in the national TV of Iran. The majority of the edits she has carried out are for internationally well-known filmmakers such as Asghar Farhadi, Bahram Beyzai, Bahman Ghobadi, Rakhshan Banietemad, Reza Dormishian, Alireza Raeesian, Shahram Alidi, and Pooran Derakhshande. She is best known for her long-time collaborations with Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, including the Oscar-winning ''A Separation'' and '' The Salesman''. She has receive several precious awards namely, the Crystal Simorgh, the Statue of the Cinema House, Asian Film Award, Fajr film festival, Iran's film Critics & Writers Association; and Nominated for Cinema Writers Circle award and Goya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamed Behdad
Hamed Behdad (; born November 17, 1973) is an Iranian actor and singer. He has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and two Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards. He has won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor at the 2019 Shanghai International Film Festival for his role in '' Castle of Dreams'' (2019). Early life Hamed Behdad was born on 17 November 1973 in Mashhad, Iran. He has lived his childhood and youth in Mashhad, Tehran, and Nishabur in a row. Behdad has returned to his hometown, Mashhad, again with his family when he was a high school freshman. He holds a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts Acting from Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Iran. Career Behdad was first introduced to Iran's Cinema with the movie, '' End of Game''. He was then, nominated for Crystal Simorgh in the Fajr Film Festival for the Best First Actor for this movie. In continue, he has been performing many memora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homayoun Ershadi
Homayoun Ershadi (also spelled Homayon Ershadi, ; born March 26, 1947) is an Iranian actor. He is known for his debut role in '' Taste of Cherry'' (1997), and several Iranian and other films since then, including European films like ''Agora'' or Hollywood films like '' The Kite Runner'' and ''Zero Dark Thirty''. Early Life and education Homayoun Ershadi was born March 26, 1947 in Isfahan. He moved to Italy to study architecture at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, graduating in 1970. He worked in Iran as an architect, before moving to Canada in 1979, following the Iranian Revolution. He and his wife settled in Vancouver, where he continued work as an architect. Ershadi returned to Iran in 1990, after he and his wife filed for divorce. Career Following Ershadi return to Iran, he settled in Tehran. Ershadi was discovered by director Abbas Kiarostami, while sitting in his car in traffic. Kiarostami approached him and requested him to play the leading role of his film, '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitra Hajjar
Mitra Hajjar (; born February 4, 1977) is an Iranian actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. .... She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, in addition to nominations for three Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award. Career Hajjar started acting with "Strangely" directed by Ahmad Amini. She has also starred in TV series, most notably "Young Police". She has acted in the theatrical show "Uncle Vania" in France. In 2005, she left Iran for France, and then went to America to study directorship. She lived abroad for 3 years, and she also played in an episode of the American Show "Smith". She received a nomination for the best actress in a supporting role for the movie "Long Goodbye" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila Hatami
Leila Hatami (; born 1 October 1972) is an Iranian actress. Regarded as one of the best actresses of Iranian Cinema, she is considered one of the most prominent performers in the 21st century. She is recognized for her realistic acting in drama films and she rose to international fame for her role as Simin in Academy Award-winning film '' A Separation'' (2011), for which she received the Silver Bear for Best Actress. Hatami made her film debut portraying Kamal-ol-molk in the drama '' Kamalolmolk'' (1984) and received critical acclaim for playing a sterile young woman in the drama '' Leila'' (1997). She received her first Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress from the 27th Fajr Film Festival for playing a housewife in '' Penniless'' (2009) and received her first international award from the 26th Montreal World Film Festival for her performance in '' The Deserted Station'' (2002). in 2012, the French government made her a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. She received t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranian Comedy-drama Films
Iranian () may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Iran ** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran ** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia ** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Other uses * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan-ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages * Iranian.com, also known as ''The Iranian'' and ''The Iranian Times'' See also * Persian (other) * Iranians (other) * Languages of Iran * Ethnicities in Iran * Demographics of Iran * Indo-Iranian languages * Irani (other) * List of Iranians This is an alphabetic list of notable people from Iran or its historical predecessors. In the news * Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran * Ebrahim Raisi, former president of Iran, former Chief Justice of Iran. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Films
2012 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2012, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Most notably, Universal and Paramount, the two of America's oldest surviving film studios, celebrated their centennial anniversaries, marking the first time that two major film studios celebrate 100 years. The Dolby Atmos sound format was launched for the premiere of '' Brave''. The ''James Bond'' film series celebrated its 50th anniversary and released its 23rd film, '' Skyfall''. Six box-office blockbusters from previous years ('' Beauty and the Beast'', '' Monsters, Inc.'', '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'', '' Titanic'', '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'', and '' Finding Nemo'') were re-released in 3D and IMAX. Also, the year marked the debut for high frame rate technology. The first film using 48 F.P.S., a higher frame rate than the film indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
