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The Filca presents a package of Iranian films at Kalabhavan here from April 19 to 21.
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The Father
Director: Majid Majidi
Mehrollah, a 14-year-old boy who is forced to provide for his family after the death of his father, looks for a job. He travels to the southern parts of the country. Upon his return to his hometown, he notices certain changes in his family.
Sara
Director: Dariush Mehrjui
Hessam has to travel abroad for medical treatment. His wife, Sara, pays for the trip, explaining the money has come from the wealth she inherited from her father. Hessam returns home after successful treatment. Meanwhile, Sara is trying hard to repay her debts by taking up the job of a tailor. Goshtash, the man who has given financial assistance to Sara, is accused of having forged documents. He asks Sara to make her husband, now a bank manager, to help him keep his job. Sara knows that her father's signature on documents is forged; to help her husband, she had no other go. When Hessam learns the truth, he gets into an argument with Sara...
Leila
Director: Dariush Mehrjui
Leila, a young woman who has married the love of her life, discovers that she can never have a child of her own. Her husband, Reze, is not much concerned about the issue, and believes their life will be beautiful even without a child. However, Reza's mother, an overbearing woman with four daughters and a son, makes Leila consent to Reza taking a second wife...
The Last Act
Director: Varuzh Karim-Masihi
Set in pre-World War II Teheran, the story centres on a brother and sister who scheme against their sister-in-law who has inherited the family wealth...
To Be Or Not To Be
Director: Kianoush Ayyari
Amir, the elder son of a family, gets married. The bride's ex-lover tries to disrupt the wedding. Amir gets into a fight with the intruder and is fatally injured. He is hospitalised and the doctor says his brain is damaged. The doctor suggests that his heart be donated to a young girl, Anik, who needs heart transplant...
Close-up
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
A young man introduces himself as Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the celebrated filmmaker. Under the pretext of scouting locations for an upcoming production, he enters the life of a family. The man of the family suspects the claims of the `filmmaker' and eventually gets him arrested...
And Life Goes on
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
A film in praise of life. After the terrible earthquake that shook northern Iran in 1970, a man and his son set out to find the fate of the two young actors of `Where's My Friend's Home', a minor modern film classic. The visitors discover that life, despite the chaos around, goes on in all its splendour...
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