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Shirin (2008)
3K
Original name: شیرین
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
experimental, atmospheric, contemplative, stylized, emotional, art house, islamic, slow cinema, aesthetic, offbeat ...
Plot:
theater, feminism, artists and showbiz, strong female presence, iranian, arab, minimal dialogue, religious, cinema, face, women, persian, play, bottle, one location, auditorium
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
iran, persia
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Place:
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Duration: 103 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Iran
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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899
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
persia, middle east, iran
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68%
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Country: Iran
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
persia, iran, middle east
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Country: Iran, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran, persia, middle east
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Country: Iran
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
islamic, spiritual, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran, middle east, persia
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Country: Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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58%
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, surreal, realistic, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran, persia, middle east
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
iran, persia
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
existential, cult classic, spiritual, islamic, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran, middle east, persia, asia
Similarity:
41%
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Country: Iran
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
iran, middle east, persia
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