Shirin

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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.

Country:

Iran

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

92 minutes

Year:

2008

Director:

Abbas Kiarostami

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Company:

Abbas Kiarostami Productions

Cast:
Taraneh Alidoosti

Woman in audience

Pegah Ahangarani

Woman in audience

Mahnaz Afshar

Woman in audience

Juliette Binoche

Woman in audience

Golshifteh Farahani

Woman in audience

Crew:
Abbas Kiarostami

Director

Abbas Kiarostami

Producer

Hamideh Razavi

Producer

Abbas Kiarostami

Editor

Arash Sadeghi

Editor