Drama
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle East -- remains invisible to the viewer of the film, the whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.
Directed by
Abbas Kiarostami
Written by
Farrideh Golbou
Golshifteh Farahani
Baran Kosari
Juliette Binoche
Katayoun Riahi
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Leila Hatami
Vishka Asayesh
Negar Javaherian
Laya Zanganeh
Merila Zarei
Shabnam Moghadami
Elika Abdolrazzaghi
Mahnaz Afshar
Elnaz Shakerdoost
Pegah Ahangarani
Shaghayegh Farahani
Taraneh Alidoosti
Tannaz Tabatabaei
Niki Karimi
Mahtab Keramati
Azita Hajian
Bahareh Afshari
Rana Azadivar
Bahare Rahnama
Sarah Manninen
Pantea Bahram
Fatemeh Motamed-Arya
Rima Raminfar
Pouri Banaei
Fariba Kowsari
Laleh Eskandari
Sahar Dolatshahi
Nasrin Moghanloo
Shaghayegh Dehghan
Setareh Pesyani
Hedie Tehrani
Zhaleh Sameti
Bahare Kianafshar
Rabeh Oskouie
Maryam Kavyani
Hanie Tavassoli
Zhale Olov
Ateneh Faghih Nasiri
Roya Teymourian
Bita Farrahi
Gohar Kheyrandish
Mehraneh Mahintorabi
Sorayya Ghasemi
Behnaz Jafari
Afsaneh Bayegan
Irene Zazians
Yekta Naser
Parivash Nazarieh
Roya Javidnia
Falamak Joneydi
Roya Nownahali
Sara Khoeniha
Kamand Amirsoleimani
Marjaneh Golchin
Afsane Chehreazad
Ziba Borufeh
Hamide Kheyrabadi
Negar Abedi
Khatereh Asadi
Shirin Bina
Shahla Riahi
Mahtaj Nojoomi
Nayereh Farahani
Fahimeh Rastkar
Niku Kheradmand
Ladan Mostoufi
Shohre Soltani
Mahaya Petrossian
Marjan Shirmohammadi
Fatemeh Goudarzi
Hossein Sarshar
Sahar Valadbeygi
Hadiseh Tehrani
Asal Badeei
Setare Eskandari
Leili Rashidi
Raziyeh Boroumand
Homeira Riazi
Khazar Ma'soumi
Darya Ashouri
Ramona Shah
Elsa Firuz Azar
Solmaz Panahi
Shaghayeh Djodat
Shahnaz Shahbazi
Shiva Ebrahimi
Fatemeh Naghavi
Fariba Jedikar
Fariba Kamran
Laleh Saboori
Lida Abbasi
Mozhgan Rabbani
niusha zeyghami
Hoda Nasseh

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