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Poster for Tehran, Tehran

Tehran, Tehran

2010 · 105 min

A quiet, grounded drama about creative people pushing against bureaucratic limits, more thoughtful than thrilling.

Directed by
Dariush Mehrjui, Mehdi Karampoor
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tannaz Tabatabaei, Pantea Bahram, Reza Yazdani
Overview
This movie is about a music group that want to have their first concert but the politics don't let them.The name of the episode is sime akhar.

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Directed by
Dariush Mehrjui, Mehdi Karampoor
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tannaz Tabatabaei, Pantea Bahram, Reza Yazdani
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • art
    • freedom
    • politics
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance3
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Dariush Mehrjui, Mehdi Karampoor
    Written by
    Mehdi Karampoor, Khosrow Naghibi, Vahideh Mohammadifar
    Starring
    Tannaz Tabatabaei, Pantea Bahram, Reza Yazdani, Soroush Sehhat, Borzoo Arjmand, Rana Azadivar
    Runtime
    105 min
    Country
    Iran
    Languages
    Persian

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