Leili Rashidi
Acting
Biography
Leili Rashidi (Persian: لیلی رشیدی; born 2 February 1973) is an Iranian actress. As the daughter of the famous Iranian actor and film director Davoud Rashidi, she started acting from early ages of childhood.
Born: February 2, 1973
Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
Known For
Once Upon a Time, Mars
On the ground, Nasser, a down-on-his-luck petty criminal and perpetually losing bettor, is about to make the last and biggest gamble of his life. Until then, he must hide himself from the enemies who thirst for his blood... On Mars, Luna, the Earth-Mars lady and real estate consultant of the Martian residence, is busy with work and family life problems. He is waiting for a mysterious package that is going to reach him from the ground...
Bidad
Seti loves music and singing, and she yearns for her voice to be heard. But in Iran, women are forbidden by law from performing in public, so the young girl decides to stage her own personal protest. The street becomes her stage, and random passersby become her enthusiastic audience. Her star rises, and Seti becomes an idol for her generation—young people who refuse to live under ruthless political oppression any longer.
It Turns Blue
Follows Pari, who tries to cover up that her brother beat up his 3-year-old daughter. Her plan of manipulating the little girl into thinking it was all a game seems to go well, but they realize the truth can't be hidden for ever.
1001 Frames
In the studio of a well-known director, female actors audition for the role of Scheherazade in “A Thousand and One Nights”. But the women gradually realise that the director has more in mind than just casting the leading role.
Normal People
It tells the story of a man named "Bardia Barazandeh" who owns a beauty center and is rich and miserly. But soon, with the revelation of the secret of Berdia's wealth, the situation of his family will improve.
Shirin
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.
Pig
A serial killer is going around killing Iran's most beloved filmmakers. Hasan, a blacklisted filmmaker himself, is depressed and wonders: why isn't he being targeted?
Cold Sweat
Iran's national women’s futsal team makes the Asian Games final in Malaysia. But at the airport on departure day, the team captain finds her husband hasn’t signed the document to permit her exit from the country.
Summer with Hope
Omid, a teenage athlete who is barred for bureaucratic reasons from a swimming competition; however, as his estranged father has made his consent to a divorce from his mother conditional on Omid's performance in the competition, he begins to train in open-water swimming under the coaching of Mani, with their increasingly close friendship leading to community rumours and allegations they are engaging in a gay sexual relationship with each other.
The Old Road
Manijeh Hekmat is an Iranian film director. Born in 1962 in Farmahin, Iran, she has worked since 1980 as an assistant director and production designer in over 25 films. She directed her first feature film Women's Prison (Zendān-e Zanān) in 2002. This film has been shown at over 80 international film festivals and has received seven prizes. Three Women (Seh Zan) is Hekmat’s second feature film made in 2007.
Filmography
as Homeyra
as Friend
as Sima
as Pari
as Langoora Das Chamchamal
as Mother
as Samoora
as Shirin
as Goli - The Wife
as Self
as Khanoomi (Madar Khanoomi)