Nosratolah Vahdat

Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses

An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.

Majeraye shabe janviyeh

The Pleasure Seeker

Firooz is a fun-loving man who cheats on his wife, Parvin. When Parvin discovers that Firooz is having an affair with Leila, her friend, she tries to get back at him to make him angry. She tells Firooz that she will return to his house only if she is allowed to cheat on him.

The Love Taxi

The taxi driver, whose job is to guide tourists, becomes infatuated with a wealthy girl whose uncle is trying to marry her off to a rich man before she reaches legal age...

Elephant and Teacup

Sha'ban meets Fereshteh in a film studio. Director of the studio, rejects Fereshteh for avoiding nudity in the film scenes. They hire in a nightclub. Sha'ban's clumsiness causes them to be fired that night.

The Foreign Bride

Hossein Tormozi is a taxi driver, and because of poverty, he is unable to marry his cousin Mahin. One day, Hossein meets a Foreign girl named Maria, who just came to Iran with her sister and sister's husband and got lost. Hossein takes Maria for a trip and takes care of her at her mother's house.

Mardi az Esfahan

An Isfahani in the Land of Hitler‏

Mirza-Bagher meets Agha-Balakhan and Manizheh on a train heading to Germany. Agha-Balakhan is going for an administrative task, while Manizheh is going to study hotel management in Munich. Manizheh meets Arsalan at a hotel. Arsalan and his guys are planning to deceive Manizheh. On the other hand, Mirza-Bagher becomes acquainted with a girl named Maria, whose brother, Franz, is in cahoots with Arsalan's group...

My Hubby Has Fallen in Love

Manouchehr and Ahmad are the creators of advertising teasers and do not come home some nights. Their wives, who are suspicious of their husbands, pretend to be two foreign actresses and go to the advertising agency and ask to play in commercials.

Insistency

A driver who transports passengers between Tehran and the cities accidentally becomes aware of a conspiracy and informs a wealthy woman who is the target of this plot. He then gets the chance to work as the driver for the wealthy woman, which is a simpler and more lucrative job. The driver's wife, believing that there is a relationship between her husband and the wealthy woman, leaves her husband...