Iranian filmmaker Maryam Shahriar was born in Tehran in 1966. She has spent much time outside of Iran, studying filmmaking in California during the 1980s and later graduating in Italian Culture and History from the American University of Rome. She remained in Italy to work as an assistant and editor, also producing several short films. Her first feature, "Daughters of the Sun" (2002), tells the story of Amangol, whose father shaves her head, dresses her as a boy, and sends her far away to appren
...tice in a carpet workshop in order to support his poor family.Maryam Shahriar has been a Director in some movies:
Daughters of the Sun is about that Born into absolute poverty, a young girl Amangol is forced to shave her head, disguise herself as a boy and go to work as the apprentice of a rug weaver to help pay for her desperately ill mother's medication. As her master's cruel brutality and greed becomes progressively clear, her only comfort comes from the companionship of her co-workers, in particular, another girl Belghies. Despite the violent and suspicious behavior of their employer, deep friendship blossoms between the two girls in this haunting and visceral tale of tyranny and silver linings. In this film Maryam Shahriar collaborates with Altinay Ghelich Taghani, Zahra Mohammadi, Jahangir Kosari, Peyman Mir Ali Akbari, Habibollah Haddad, Parviz Abnar, Homayoun Payvar, Hossein Alizadeh, Shahrzad Pouya, Mehri Shirazi, Shahnaz Shahbazi, Abbas Afsharian, Malek Jahan Khazaee, Aghdas Sehat Bakhsh, Sahra Karimi, Shahaboddin Adel.
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