Born in Isfahan in 1961, Abolghasem Talebi is a graduate of law. He is the manager and editor of the weekly magazine "Cinema & Video". In early 1990’s he made his first 16 mm short film titled THE GUILTY AND BY WHY SO CARELESS?. In 1995, he wrote and directed his first feature, THE DEVASTATOR. In 1998, he published THE SWALLOWS' RETURN, and subsequently made it into a TV series. In 2001, he wrote and directed MR. PRESIDENT, but it was his THE AFGHAN BRIDE - on which he was also the costume and s
...et designer – that led him to international recognition. In 2012, he made one of the most controversial Iranian productions, THE GOLDEN COLLARS, focusing on Presidential Election 2009 and its aftermath, with the tagline, “The Most Political Film in the History of Iranian Cinema.”Abolghasem Talebi has been a Director in some movies:
Orphanage of Iran is about that The story of courage and sacrifice of Iranians in the time of war and famine. In this film Abolghasem Talebi collaborates with Ahoo Kheradmand, Mohsen Hosseini, Jafar Dehghan, Dariush Asadzadeh, Mohammad Reza Takhtkeshian, Anoushirvan Arjmand, Asghar Rafiejam, Abbas Bolvandi, Mehdi Hosseinivand, Farrokh Nemati, Bahman Heidari, Aliram Nooraei, Iman Safa, Ali Shadman, Shahram Teimourian, Dariush Salehian, Bahar Mohammadpour, Akbar Beheshti, Davood Meghdadi, Majid Mafi, Melika Shaban, Mehri Aleagha, David Agha Ali Akbar, Nader Foghani, Sergey Krutsenko.
The Golden Collars is about that As part of a conspiracy orchestrated by the British Intelligence Service, a group of Iranian expatriates recruited mainly from Mojahedin-e-Khalq organization plan to instigate riots in the aftermath of 2009 Iran presidential elections... In this film Abolghasem Talebi collaborates with Amin Hayaei, Kianoosh Gerami, Hamidreza Pegah, Niloofar Khoshkholgh, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Dariush Asadzadeh, Mohammad Khazaie, Abbas Rastegarpour, Amir Karimi, Hossein Zandbaf, Aliram Nooraei, Mehdi Sabaee, Mahmoud Azizi, Mohammad Reza Ghomi, Sara Khaledi, Davood Meghdadi, Ghaffar Rezaei, Mozhgan Taraneh.
The Destroyer is about that The Mossad organization intends to attack the Islamic Republic in several ways, and for this purpose, it sends a woman named Nasreen to Iran. Nasrin, Ahmad's sister, is an intelligence officer. When Nasrin settles in Ahmad's house, she learns about the latest news indirectly. In this film Abolghasem Talebi collaborates with Jamshid Hashempour, Jamshid shah mohammadi, Mahmood Banafshekhah, Mehrdad Jenabi, Esfandiar Shahidi, Bahman Daan, Mehdi Rajaian, Hassan Joharchi, Ali Nazari, Siamak Ehsaei, Pedram Karimi, Shaban Ali Eslami, Mahnaz Eslami, Asghar Mohebbi.
Empty Hands is about that The story begins when the daughter of a family becomes suspicious of her mother and feels that her mother is hiding something from her. Her mom receives phone calls and the daughter feels that her mom is covering something up. She starts following her mom until she realizes that she has totally misjudged her. The truth is that her mom pays regular visits to her husband at a hospital for war veterans. He was badly injured during the Iran-Iraq war years ago. and was taken hostage by the enemy and has recently been released. When he was released, he asked his wife not to tell their daughter anything about her father's return because he would rather his daughter saw him healthy and recuperated. Oddly enough though, they still receive unknown phone calls. The daughter is disturbed by the mysterious phone calls and is persistent to track them. She finally realizes everything. The truth is that the father of a soldier who was killed during the war is too upset at the loss of his son who was encouraged to take part in the war and fight the enemy by the daughter's father. The dead soldier's father regards the man as the main reason for his son's death and all he wants is revenge. As revenge, the soldier's father frames the daughter for murder. The accused daughter's life is now on the verge of death by capital punishment. The daughter's father, sick with a disease, tries very hard to save her daughter. He begs the soldier's father to forgive him and his daughter, but his struggles are of no avail. All the father needs now is a miracle... A miracle that is soon to come... In this film Abolghasem Talebi collaborates with Khosrow Shakibai, Masoud Rayegan, Zahra Davoudnejad, Hassan Shokoohi, Fatemeh Goudarzi, Asghar Naghizadeh, Merila Zarei, Mohammad Reza Takhtkeshian, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Nazanin Mofakham, Abbas Rastegarpour, Mohammad Aladpoush, Mehri Shirazi, Ali Abedini, Alireza Kamali Nejad, Alireza Alavian, Mohammad Sarban, Sara Soltani, Mashallah Shahmoradizadeh, Shahram Teimourian, Ali Nikraftar, Morshed Shah Mohammadi, Nader Taleb Zadeh, Alireza Kamali, Mohsen Amiri, Azadeh Ahmadian, Nava Aref.
The Afghan Bride is about that The movie "Afghan Bride" deals with the challenging life of a young man from Afghanistan named Gul Mohammad who falls in love with a girl. In this film Abolghasem Talebi collaborates with Golab Adineh, Hossein Yari, Noora Hashemi, Mohsen Hosseini, Davoud Yousefian, Hassan Pouya, Majid Entezami, Mehri Shirazi, Mahmoud Samakbashi, Mahmood Moosavinejad, Keramat Roodsaz, Mohammad Foghani, Ali Mazinani, Afshin Zarei, Kazem Mohammadi.
Naghme is about that Mahmoud, a computer engineer and chemically poisoned veteran, is diagnosed with cancer, and although he loves his wife Naghmeh dearly, he wants a divorce because of his disease. In court he meets Shiva, who thanks him once again for helping her the night when she was in trouble with two bikers who were trying to mug her. Shiva was conducting a research on esoteric love and she was in court in search of subjects for her research. After she finds out that Naghmeh is a professor of literature at the university, her bond with them becomes closer. Seeing their life, Shiva realizes the deep affection and love Mahmoud and Naghmeh both have for each other. In the following days, Mahmoud’s health condition gets worse and Shiva and Naghmeh both try to help him as much as they can. The Hospital rejects to take in Mahmoud so he spends his final days at home. One day when Naghmeh is not at home, he writes his will and travels to the North. Naghmeh asks Shiva for help to find Mahmoud. From the gathered evidence, they find out that he has decided to go to the North, so they hit the road only to find Mahmoud dead in a green flatland. In this film Abolghasem Talebi collaborates with Hossein Yari, Kambiz Dirbaz, Faghiheh Soltani, Shah Ali Sarkhani, Homeira Riazi, Hassan Ayoubi, Mojtaba Rahimi, Mahtaj Nojoomi, Masoud Valadbeigi, Nazi Partovzadeh, Naser Forough, Mohammad Reza Bahmanyar, Hossein Ghaffari, Reza Manouchehri, Mohammad Foghani, Alireza Sebtahmadi.
The Childish War is about that In the aftermath of the US military invasion to Iraq, Ali, who has lost his family, becomes homeless. He makes his best in order to find his one-year-old brother. Like other Iraqi refugees, Ali is searching everywhere for a safe place to stay. Among the refugees, there is Abdul Rahman's family and his wife, Maede. Since their marriage, it has been Maede's dream to have a child but she has never been able to accomplish it. After suffering a lot, eventually Ali reaches to the camp that the Islamic Republic of Iran's Red Crescent has set up on Iraqi territory. It is in this camp that Ali finds his lost brother before Maede. This is an introduction to his new life. In the shade of all-round invasion which slams everywhere, burns and sacrifices, Ali is growing up in such difficult inhuman situation. In this film Abolghasem Talebi collaborates with Sattar Oraki, Hassan Pouya, Shahrzad Pouya, Majid Eskandari, Mahmoud Samakbashi, Yalda Ghashghaie, Salimeh Rangzan, Mohsen Ali Akbari, Alireza Kamali.
Other films are:
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