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Forensic pathologist Dr. Nariman's car accidentally injures a motorcyclist's eight-year-old son. He offers to take the child to a clinic, but the father refuses his help and his money. A few days later, in the hospital where he works, Dr. Nariman learns that the boy has died under suspicious circumstances. His existential dilemma: is he responsible for the death, or did the child die of another cause, as the autopsy suggests? It's a study in ethical...
2) The salesman
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The story of a couple whose relationship begins to turn sour during their performance of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.
4) The night
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"When a couple become trapped in a deserted hotel with their young child, disturbing events force them to face the secrets they have from each other."
5) Soul mate
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Behrouz is a man who has recently been released from an asylum after suffering several bouts of madness. When Behrouz accidentally meets Shirin, they impulsively decide to get married and a series of life adventures begins for the odd couple.
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Nader and Siamak are longtime friends who run a business in which they help arrange weddings. But Nader and Siamak's wedding service is also a front for a robbery ring, in which they carefully and efficiently rob their clients blind. Siamak finds himself unexpectedly wrestling with his conscience when he falls in love with Nasrin. Siamak decides to propose to Nasrin, which leads to him getting the third degree from her father, and as Siamak tries...
7) August
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A young married couple struggle with fertility issues. They decide to travel to London for special treatment but as the date approaches the husband begins to act suspiciously causing his wife to start doubting this trip.
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Yalda: "The lights and cameras are all in position, and the show goes live. Tonight's guest is Maryam, a young woman condemned to death for murdering her husband. With her in the studio is Mona, the daughter of the deceased. Maryam is supposed to beg Mona for forgiveness. If Mona grants it, Maryam will live, and the show's sponsors will pay Mona a reward. If she denies it, Maryam will die. Millions of television viewers are tuning in on the night...
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In this collection, the fantastical and the visceral merge in tales filled with opposites: the boredom and brutality of war; modern urban life and rural traditions; tender desire and sudden violence. Mandanipour delivers fierce social critique in stories steeped in the beauty of an ancient land and culture.
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"This is a collection of inspirational wisdom for living a meaningful and productive life. This selection of quotations has been chosen to reflect Rumi's inspiring and uplifting approach to life and the inevitable issues that we encounter during our lifetimes. The wisdom includes no-nonsense statements, observations, and facts-ranging from matters of the heart, to understanding human nature, to embracing the nature of the divine. The result is an...
16) The neighbors
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Ahmad Mahmoud sets The Neighbors against the backdrop of the oil nationalization crisis that gripped Iran in the early 1950s. His protagonist, Khaled, a young man from a rundown neighborhood in Ahvaz, a city in southern Iran, becomes involved in the struggle to wrest Iran's oil industry from the British and, as the result of his political activities, comes to realize that there is more to life than the drudgery and poverty his parents and neighbors...
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"In a small town on the edge of the Caspian Sea, Edmond Lazarian and his best friend Tahereh pass their days playing together, drifting between the delights of beachcombing and the joys of the sherbet shop. Although Edmond is Armenian and Tahereh is the Muslim daughter of the school's janitor, they remain blissfully unaware of the disquiet that ripples the surface calm of their close-knit community. Yet years later, when Edmond's daughter chooses...
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