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Cannes 2023 :: Killers of the Flower Moon :: Martin Scorsese’s Bitterest Crime Epic Martin Scorsese triumphs yet again. A story about greed, corruption, and the mottled soul of a country that was born from the belief that it belonged to anyone callous enough to take it..
Berlinale 2023 :: Full Winners List This year’s jury, headed by Kristen Stewart, gave
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BAFTA 2023 :: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
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Berlinale 2023 :: Golshifteh Farahani :: Talks Role Of
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SIFF 2023 :: Shirin Ebadi :: Until We Are Free
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Australia, and Denmark…, ranging from fiction, documentary, short, animation…. to the
music video..
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Biennale Cinema 2022 :: Awards Ceremony
Official Awards of the 79th Venice Film Festival.
Announced by the five international Juries, chaired by Julianne Moore, during the Awards
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Coming: 15th Annual Iranian Film Festival! : San
Francisco: Sep. 17-18 This year, the
festival presents 50 films from Iran, USA, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Greece, UK, Canada,
Australia, and Denmark…, ranging from fiction, documentary, short, animation…. to the
music video. We are happy and proud to..
I Am a Mother - Man Madar Hatsam (2012)
Directed by: Fereydoon Jeyrani
Date of birth: 10 February 1951, Kashmar, Iran
Writing credits:
Fereydoon Jeyrani
Music:
Karen Homayounfar
Country: Iran
Language: Farsi
Color: Color
Runtime: 100 minutes
Released: 2012
Genre:
Drama
Synopsis I Am a Mother tells the story of a young woman raped by a man who is a close friend of her parents. She kills the man in revenge for the offense, then her mother claims she was the murderer in order to save her daughter from qisas, the Islamic law of equal retaliation in punishment. However, the rapist’s wife wants the young woman to be executed. At the premiere, the movie, which is alleged to contain un-Islamic scenes and dialogue, provoked controversy in Tehran.
Opponents and proponents of I Am a Mother, directed by Fereydoun Jeyrani, held gatherings in front of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. The opponents, which were led by Ansar Hezbollah, also organised a demonstration against the movie.Cast: Baran Kosari , Farhad Aslani , Pantea Bahram , Hengameh Ghaziani , Habib Rezaei, Amir-Hossein Arman
More films created by Fereydoon Jeyrani
Asphyxia | Khafegi (2017)
I Am a Mother | Man Madar Hatsam (2012)
Season Salad | Salad-e fasl (2005)
Was A Star | Setareh Bood (2004)
Pink - Soorati (2002)
The Last Supper | Shame Akhar (2002)
Fire & Water | Aab va Atash (2001)
Red | Ghermez (1998)
All the Temptations of the Earth | Tamame Vasvasehaye Zamin (1989)
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