Shirin (2009)

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Shirin on IMDb 6.8/10 1,868 votes

Released:
2009-04-18

Overview:
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.

Director:
Abbas Kiarostami

Runtime:
1h 32min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Taraneh Alidoosti
  • Golshifteh Farahani
  • Juliette Binoche
  • Leila Hatami
  • Zar Amir Ebrahimi