Shirin (2009)
• April 18th, 2009 • 1h 32min
Drama
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Dresser
Released on: 1983-12-06
Drama
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brillian...
Szamba
Released on: 1996-04-11
Comedy, Drama
This story shows the two different parts of acting. The father is a strong, ambitious and inconsider...
Bonnie May
Released on: 1920-06-10
Drama
Young actress Bonnie May finds work in a private play given at Mrs. Baron’s mansion, where she endea...
After the Rehearsal
Released on: 1984-06-21
Drama
Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal...
Jours de mes années
Released on: 1959-12-24
Drama, Fantasy
An experimental short film that evokes moments in the life of a man recreated through the magic of m...
National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men
Released on: 2014-11-06
Drama
A powerful portrait of the American spirit and a heartbreaking testament to the bonds of friendship.
Cremaster 5
Released on: 1997-10-24
Drama, Music
Cremaster 5 is a five-act opera (sung in Hungarian) set in late-ninteenth century Budapest. The last...
The Last Birthday
Released on: 2017-11-24
Drama
An experimental re-telling of the last days of the Romanov sisters.
Stage Door
Released on: 1937-10-08
Comedy, Drama
The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls fr...
L'Annonce faite à Marie
Released on: 2014-01-01
Drama
A staging of Paul Claudel's play "L'Annonce faite à Marie" by Yves Beaunesne.
Partage de midi
Released on: 1977-06-23
Comedy, Drama
A staging of Paul Claudel's play "Partage de Midi" by Antoine Vitez.
Mira corpora
Released on: 2004-07-04
Drama, Fantasy
The film appears like a ritual with splendids and crypteds psalms. The Great Master of Order (Marcel...
De-Lovely
Released on: 2004-07-02
Drama, Music
From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thom...
An Ode to Solitude
Released on: 2020-10-01
Drama
Exploring the duality between friendship and loneliness, this intimate narrative short tells the sto...
A Movie Made of
Released on: 2019-04-30
Drama
In Vigo, Spain, during Christmas, Ángel, a Spanish filmmaker, walks through the crowded streets whil...
What Was It Supposed to Be Like?
Released on: 2017-06-19
Music, Western, Drama
Rather pointless, rather stilted, fetid; not what we want us going after.
Christmas Encore
Released on: 2017-12-23
Romance, Drama, TV Movie
A struggling actress is cast in her last off (off) Broadway show - a modern take on “A Christmas Car...
The World's Applause
Released on: 1923-01-29
Drama
Corinne d'Alys (Daniels) achieves sudden success on the stage and among her many admirers is noted a...
Lulu
Released on: 1978-05-05
Drama
This highly stylized, critically acclaimed film from the 70's mixes silent film cards, a soundscape,...