Mania Akbari is a filmmaker and actress, born on the 22 September 1974 in Tehran, Iran. She started her career as a painter in 1991 and took part in various exhibitions in Iran and abroad. Akbari was exposed to film by working as a cinematographer in several documentaries. She is known for the participation as an actress in films such as 'Crystal' and '20 Fingers'. In 2007, Akbari was diagnosed with breast cancer which motivated themes in the following years.Mania Akbari has been a Actor in som
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10+4 is about that In this sequel to Abbas Kiarostami's Ten, Mania Akbari , the leading actress of the film, again drives a car and talks to her son, her sister and other people. Her situation in this sequel differs because Mania is suffering from cancer. As the disease progresses she's unable to drive. So she sits in the back of the car and the conversation continues. She becomes weaker through her illness and unlike Ten, the camera for 10 + 4 has to follow her wherever she goes. This is a totally new experience in which the director is being directed by her cancer in the process of making the film. In this film Mania Akbari collaborates with Behnaz Jafari, Maedeh Tahmasebi, Ramin Rastad, Mastaneh Mohajer, Touraj Aslani, Koohyar Kalari.
Ten is about that A female taxi driver (Mania Akbari) ferries 10 different passengers around Tehran, Iran -- exposing herself to a wide swathe of the city's populace and shedding light on the plight of women in the country. Among those who set foot inside her cab are a prostitute and an elderly woman on her way to prayer. But there are also a multitude of familiar faces, including a friend who's broken up with her boyfriend and the driver's own son, who lashes out at his mother over divorcing his father. In this film Mania Akbari collaborates with Bahman Kiarostami, Marin Karmitz, Abbas Kiarostami, Caley Thomas, Vahid Ghazi, Amin Maher, Kamran Adl, Roya Akbari, Morteza Tabatabaii, Katayoun Taleidzadeh, Mandana Sherbaf, Amene Moradi, Roya Arabshahi.
20 Fingers is about that Over the course of seven vignettes, an Iranian couple (Mania Akbari, Bijan Daneshmand) argue over a variety of marital issues. Through their discussions, the couple explore the nature of personal relationships in the Middle East, paying special attention to cultural dynamics between men and women. The two debate broad issues such as jealousy, adultery, homosexuality and abortion. But they also delve deeply into more specific areas surrounding their Iranian heritage. In this film Mania Akbari collaborates with Bijan Daneshmand.
From Tehran to London is about that Ava, a poet, is dissatisfied in her marriage with a well-to-do bourgeois man and finds solace in her friendship with their maid. When the maid disappears, Ava’s relationship with her husband reaches a crisis. In this film Mania Akbari collaborates with Elaheh Hesari, Mastaneh Mohajer, Vahid Moghadasi, Ali Mohammad Ghassemi, Alireza Alavian, Bijan Daneshmand, Saad Ahmad Bires, Neda Amiri.
Mania Akbari has been a Director in some movies:
One.Two.One is about that In a society where all social customs are based on the beauty of a woman, her challenge is to find self confidence and inner beauty despite having lost her physical beauty. In this film Mania Akbari collaborates with Bahareh Rahnama, Payam Dehkordi, Maryam Boubani, Elaheh Hesari, Shahriar Assadi, Roya Javidnia, Hassan Majooni, Shabnam Shoarian, Alireza Alavian, Parmis Zand, Fariba Talebi, Ashkan Mehri, Ramona Shah, Majid Eslami, Neda Amiri, Abolghasem Ashrafi Amiri, Farnaz Rahnama, Shaghayegh Ahmadi.
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