Ebrahim Naderi

The Dagger

Abbas, known as "Abbas Chakhan," is a driver’s apprentice who is alone and has a stutter, constantly weaving tall tales. One night, he accidentally meets Banafsheh, who has ended up in a notorious neighborhood in search of her dreams, yet she is still determined to free herself from that place and have a home of her own. Abbas promises Banafsheh that he will help her. After she learns that Abbas has been imprisoned due to a small debt, she borrows money from a loan shark named Mohammad, known as "Mohammad the Dagger," to free Abbas.

Hemmat

Maryam, Hemmat’s wife, dies of cancer. Hemmat takes his son to another city and starts working in Gol-Agha’s garage. He keeps his wife’s death a secret from his son, until one day the boy meets a sex worker named Pari, who works in the garden for Ghasem. Ali mistakes Pari for his mother because of her resemblance to Maryam...

The Crookes

Reza Bazaarcheh, who is involved in smuggling with his friend Ghafour, delivers a shipment to Salman. Reza is arrested by the gendarmes, and Ghafour demands the bag containing the smuggled money from Salman. Salman has given the bag to a woman, and Ghafour and Bashir retrieve the bag from her, with Bashir committing an act of disrespect towards the woman. Sahar tells her husband Islam that one of the assailants was Reza Bazaarcheh...

Dear Mullah Mammad

Trees Die Standing

An elderly millionaire woman spends her last days longing to see her grandson and his fiancée. Her acquaintances attempt to fulfill her wish, but news arrives that her grandson has died in a plane crash. Knowing that she has never seen her grandson since he was a child, the elderly woman chooses a young mechanic as her heir and introduces a young woman as his fiancée. The elderly woman experiences some improvement in her condition, but during a real accident, she becomes aware of the truth. Meanwhile, her grandson arrives and reveals that he was not on that plane. The elderly woman confesses that she knew the truth all along but still wants the young mechanic and the girl who is now truly his fiancée to remain in her family.

Under the Bazaar

Javani meets two sisters working at a coffee shop and ends up falling in love with the elder sister. After a death in Javani's family, Javani takes her to meet her family and receive the estates left behind for him in the will. After a struggle to decide who gets the estates and please his family, Javani marries the sister.

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Salome

Khalil and his sister’s fiancé, Sadegh, are caught by the gendarmes while delivering smuggled goods. They flee and take refuge in the hut of a gypsy girl named Salome. Khalil leaves the follow-up of the deal to Sadegh. However, Sadegh secretly informs the gendarmes by phone about Khalil’s hiding place and then uses the money from selling the smuggled goods to open a café for himself...

Eshgh-e koli

Prodigies