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Browse 20 movies from National Iranian Radio and Television (NIRT)
An aging colonel retires, marries a provincial teacher, and moves to Tehran to be close to his two adult daughters. Instead of a peaceful reunion, he finds them living independent, urban lives he no longer recognizes. As the cultural and generational rift deepens, the family enters a tense, psychological spiral of alienation and emotional unrest.
Dec 1972
Hajir Darioush's first and last commercially successful film, "Bita" is about a young woman's struggle to come to terms with social barriers facing her, starring Googoosh.
Aug 1972
A man who has fallen in love with a young woman discovers that she is the wife of his friend. When he realizes the woman's affection for a young libertine with whom she is secretly meeting in an abandoned house, he commits suicide. When the local women, out of jealousy, expose her, she also ends her life. Her husband buries her body in the abandoned bathhouse. The young libertine, driven to madness, wanders into the desert.
Feb 1973
When Pari confronts Parvin to stop her affair with her husband, their encounter unfolds in a way neither of the two women had anticipated.
Jul 1973
In this experimental Iranian film, a being who has turned its back on the familiar and ordinary daily life embarks on a quest to find an escape to the beyond. It eventually reaches those who have already attained liberation and joins them. Leaving behind the ruins of its past days, it becomes part of another group of beings from a different world.
Jan 1972
Secrets and mysteries lose power when they are spread too widely. This is what the villagers discover when they invade an old man's vision-inspired shrine to the namelessly holy.
Apr 1976
Film based on the famous Iranian novella by Sadegh Hedayat, considered one of the great works of modern Persian prose. A man who is perhaps losing his mind spits his murderous fantasies and confessions at a shadow on the wall of his room that has the shape of an owl.
Jun 1975
MirNasir, who thinks that life has finally shown him a bright side by finding a genie, realizes that the genie has been imprisoned inside the glass for too long.
Jan 1974
Borzoo is gambling and his wife is not happy with that. Finally he decides not to gamble anymore and takes an oath on himself not to do. But his friend Ali is in desperate need for money for his sister's marriage. Borzoo breaks his oath to gamble once more and brings money for his friend. But this time terrible consequences are waiting for him and other gamblers.
May 1971
A documentary about people who make their living by writing letters for illiterate people
Dec 1970
In 1969, 10 years before the Iranian revolution, Iran and the ancient city of Persepolis hosted an arts festival that revealed all the contrasts and diversity of ancient Persia. Alternating sequences of performances and images filmed in the country show the cultural richness of Iran, where modernity and tradition exist side by side.
Jan 1969
A short documentary about Tehran's taxi drivers and their problem with the new taxi meters.
Dec 1967
A young playwright and director wants to write and perform a historical drama about faith in the Ashkani period of Iran. There is an incongruity between the man's personal life, and his quest to pursue and present history. The woman who lives with him believes he should not neglect their relationship when embarking on such a quest. The people who work with the playwright believe the play ought to be made popular to satisfy the public. Finally, this matter makes the playwright perform the play all by himself.
Jul 1976
A documentary by Hassan Bani Hashemi about Bandar Abbas and the Persian Gulf in the 1350s (1970s). A calm and observational film that captures the coastal life, natural landscapes, and local culture of southern Iran.
Jun 1974
A report on historical buildings, legends, and traditions along the route from Isfahan to Shiraz. Including Mahyar, Shahreza, Ziaratgah, AminAbad, and IzadKhast.
Jan 1970
A short documentary about women and their professions in Iran's 60s society.
May 1967
Short documentary about the Thursday-bazaar of Minaab, a small city in South of Iran
Dec 1968
A night with Bahman Mohasses famous Iranian Painter
Oct 1967
The film follows a blind young man in Lorestan who spends his summer alone in his village while everyone else has moved under the mountain away from the heat. He waits for cars next to the road in hopes that they will give him money. While trying to find a car that passed him one day he finds a water stream by accident and the calmness of its environment makes him seek refuge there every day. But the seasons change and after the first rain, the small stream turns into a big body of water and the young man is left with nowhere to bring him happiness every day.
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A short documentary about the life of nomads.
May 1972