Maryam Boubani
Acting
Biography
Maryam Bobani, (born 1953, Sanandaj) Maryam Bobani began taking acting lessons at an early age. She made her film debut with a short role in Kamal Tabrizi’s ‘A Mother's Love’ (1997). Since then, she has appeared in several movies
Born: June 17, 1953
Place of Birth: Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran
Known For
Kejal
Kejal, a young Kurdish woman studying in Tehran returns home when her brother is killed in the mountains, leaving behind debts for lost goods. Forced by circumstance, Kejal becomes a Kulbar (Carrying goods on her back, Every mistaken step may chance upon a landmine. They are hunted like wild animals. And in the name of what? To earn just 10 dollars a day!) - a woman in a man's world.
Reseba: The Dark Wind
Radical Islamist militants attack a village in Iraq where a young Yazidi love couple prepares for marriage. From that moment onwards their lives are turned into a nightmare.
Harsh Land and Distant Sky
Harun suffers from his dreams, causing him mental anguish. This is the result of his experiences as a warrior in the civil war. He seeks a cure for his illness, uses traditional and religious methods, goes to an elderly woman to get a tattoo on his hand. If he loses blood from the tattoo, he thinks he will be fine that way. She had an only son who was killed in the war. This would be the beginning of a new story in the lives of Aaron and Mary. They embark on a journey to find the body of Mary's son, who was killed in the war. Mary's son was supposed to get married before going to war. When they find his body, they take him back to their village and celebrate his wedding and funeral in one ceremony.
Whisper with the Wind
An elderly radio-operator travels across Kurdistan in the war-torn 80s assuring communication between lost families.
A Piece of Bread
A group of youngsters participate in a race match and endure the difficult route of this race just to be hired in the Environmental Protection agency of Tehran.
Son-Mother
A widow who works tirelessly at a failing factory in sanctions-gripped Iran receives a marriage proposal that could mean financial security — but could also tear her family apart.
A House Built on Water
Director Bahman Farmanara's second film following a 20-year exile from his native Iran depicts the spiritual crisis of a middle-aged man. In the film's dreamlike opening scene, Dr. Reza Sepidbakht (Reza Kianian), a well-off Tehran gynecologist, thinks he runs over an angel while driving home at night with a call girl. The next morning at the hospital where he works, he is shown a comatose boy who is famous for having memorized the entire Koran. These two events cause him to rethink his cynical outlook on life and his relationships with his elderly father, wayward son, and the women he has mistreated since becoming estranged from his wife. When the boy awakens from his coma, Dr. Sepidbakht begins to look to him for answers.
The Witness
In Iran, the retired dance teacher Tarlan witnesses her friend Rana's murder by her husband, who is an important government figure. When the police refuse to investigate, Tarlan must decide whether to bow to political pressure or risk her reputation and livelihood in pursuit of justice.
Seasonless
In a bloody war with ISIS, the burnt body of an American soldier was accidentally presented to a long-awaited Kurdish mother, while the soldier's real mother steadfastly waits at San Diego's navy base for a son who will never return.
The Wind Carpet
Japan and Iran are not in close relationship. More than 4 centuries ago, however, Persian carpets were used in the festival of Takayama, a historic city in mountainous area of Honsyu. A man planned to resume the carpet in the festival, and asked Kinue, a Persian carpet designer, to design it. Kinue's husband, Makoto, is a carpet importer. They send the design to Iran to weave the carpet. But just before Makoto goes to Iran to receive the carpet, Kinue dies of a traffic accident. A month before the festival, Makoto went to Isphahan, Iran, to receive the carpet. He brings his daughter Sakura, who does not open her heart after she lost her mother. To surprise, the carpet production has not even started. It will take 3 months from the start. For Makoto it means he betrays not only the festival planners but also his late wife.
Filmography
as Maryam
as Grandma
as Tarlan
as Grandmother
as Ferhat Xani
as Zin
as Grandmother
as Bibi
as Gilas (The Mother)
as Kejal's Mother
as Khale Khanoom
as Xezal, Pero's Mother
as Aseke's Mother
as Akram
as Mam Baldar's wife
as Rana's Mother
as Mahbadji
as Amir's Mother
as Maryam
as Mother
as Murder's Mother
as The Grandma