Persian

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Persian documentary from film-maker Jafar Panahi. After being banned from making films by the Iranian government and placed under house arrest, Panahi poses as a taxi driver and drives around the busy streets of Tehran picking up passengers and recording their conversations. Along with his diverse subjects, who include teachers, students and pirate DVD sellers, Panahi discusses the social challenges that Iranian citizens face on a daily basis.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Jafar Panahi co-writes, directs and stars in this Iranian drama. While shooting her latest film, actress Behnaz Jafari receives a video of a young girl in distress, pleading for help and claiming her conservative family is preventing her from realising her dream of studying at a prestigious drama school in Tehran. Joined by Panahi, Jafari sets out to find the girl and travels to her remote mountain village but struggles to track her down and instead finds unhelpful locals unwilling to help her cause.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Mohammad Rasoulof directs this Persian-language political thriller starring Soheila Golestani. Lawyer Iman (Missagh Zareh) enjoys a peaceful life with his wife and daughters. When he is appointed judge of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, his status improves and along with it his salary. However, when he discovers that he was hired only because he is expected to look the other way on certain cases, his once quiet life takes a dramatic turn. The cast also includes Soheila Golestani, Setareh Maleki and Mahsa Rostami.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Persian crime thriller directed and co-written by Ali Abbasi. Journalist Rahimi (Zar Amir-Ebrahimi) is sent to Mashhad to investigate the so-called Spider Killer who has been murdering prostitutes across the city and taunting the media with his crimes. As she works to uncover the killer's identity, Rahimi faces opposition from those who view the killer as a moral and religious hero.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Asghar Farhadi directs this highly-acclaimed Iranian drama, which won the 2012 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, about the far-reaching effects of an acrimonious divorce. Middle-class couple Nader (Peyman Moaadi) and Simin (Leila Hatami) plan to emigrate to Europe with their eleven-year-old daughter, Termeh (Sarina Farhadi). But when Nader decides to stay behind to care for his Alzheimer's-suffering father, Simin files for divorce and states her intention to leave the country with her daughter. Tensions further escalate when Nader hires housemaid Razieh (Sareh Bayat) to help him care for his father and an unfortunate accident leads to a court case above and beyond the divorce proceedings...<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Ana Lily Amirpour writes and directs this Persian vampire horror. Set in the fictional Iranian underworld, in a town known as Bad City, the story follows discontented youngster Arash (Arash Marandi) as he deals with life in the lawless town. His grand dreams of escape are dashed by the antics of his drug addicted father Hossein (Marshall Manesh) who forces his son to give up his vintage car to pay off a debt to his dealer Saeed (Dominic Rains). Meanwhile, a silent, hijab-wearing vampire (Sheila Vand) stalks the town's streets to exact revenge on the men who prey on her fellow women. But when she meets Arash her hostilities vanish as she warms to the brooding human and vows to use her unique skill set to try and help him.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Iranian drama following one woman forced to contend with societal attitudes after an incident leaves her facially disfigured. Composed of a series of vignettes set in different locations, each episode tells the story of how the young woman came to be disfigured and how she now feels isolated from her former friends and family as she reassesses her ideas on love, loss and personal identity.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>