Metropole

Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house ...

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

Vadim Perelman

Cast

Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Ron Eldard

A 15-year-old Somalian boy meets a 40-year-old Iranian man in a refugee camp in Skåne, in the south of Sweden. With the threat of deportation hanging over them, they decide to take their faiths in their own hands and together they go on a journey in the Swedish summer.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Geir Hansteen Jörgensen

Cast

Mike Almayehu, Michalis Koutsogiannakis, Lia Boysen

Youssef, a blind university professor, is suddenly diagnosed with a fatal disease and must undergo treatment in France. Back home, will he find the life he had before?

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Majid Majidi

Cast

Parviz Parastouei, Roya Taymourian, Afarin Obeisi

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision – to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Asghar Farhadi

Cast

Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Kimia Hosseini

An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official's wife of nearly 20 years, Fereshteh Samimi, writes him a letter to read when he reaches the hotel - the story of her student days during the revolution of 1978. We see the story in flashbacks as he rea...

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Tahmine Milani

Cast

Niki Karimi, Mohammad Nikbin, Atila Pesyani