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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

The story of a simple fellow from a small town who travels to Tehran to find a suitable girl for marriage.

Maryam Banoo, a depressed wealthy woman, finds out that her husband is having an affair with another woman. Her husband leaves the house after Maryam...

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...

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

Sara is the perfect young housewife. When husband Hessam requires an expensive emergency operation abroad, it is she who works for the funds. For the...

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...

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

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

Ali and his father go from their poor neighborhood in the outskirts of the city to a hospital so that Ali's father can be treated for his sickness....

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

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

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