A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse.

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and h...

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in...

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with t...

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses ...
25-year-old Arghavan lives with her parents in Tehran, and intends to marry her fiancé, Hesam. One d...

Valeh, a member of a leftist organization, is arrested by the SAVAK and sentenced to death. In priso...

A libidinous construction worker uses his charm and bravado in an attempt to attain enough finances ...

Bharat, a graduate from Oxford, is forced to take up his father's position as the chief minister aft...

Men and women caught up in a downward spiral of corruption, discrimination, poverty and death are th...

The Toth family resides in Northern Hungary. The couple has a daughter and a son, the latter a membe...

A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Ha...

The mutilated body of a six year old girl is found in a water hole. The girl is identified as the mi...

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with un...

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty yea...

Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep...

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the...

A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United...

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydr...

Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-doo...

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana s...