Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour (born in 1963) is an Iranian film director and writer who studied cinema at the IRIB College. He is mostly known for We Have A Guest (2014) which was screened in Pusan Film Festival in South Korea and Indonesian Balinale Filmfest. The film also competed in 2015 at the 7th Jaipur International Film Festival and the 33rd International Fajr Film Festival . He also directed Ghadamgah (2004) which won him a Cristal Symorgh at the 22nd Fajr International Film Festival.Mohammad
... Mehdi Asgarpour has been a Director in some movies:
7:05' is about that This is the story of three women who are on the verge of a spiritual collapse and committing suicide. Leila, working as a cashier in a big store, is raped on her way back home and all her complaints to the police lead to nowhere. As she encounters her brother’s maltreat, she inevitably leaves the house and later hangs herself to death. It is for fifteen days that Maria has not heard of her unfavorable husband. The police investigation suggests that Maria is the possible suspect of her husband’s disappearance; she may have killed him. If it is true, then the misery is waiting for her. Anne is looking after her mother for a while, while being far from her husband and daughter. After experiencing some discomfort, she visits a doctor and it is revealed that she has cancer. Despite receiving many hopes from her Iranian friends, Anne makes her mind up and decides to shoot at herself; but before that, she dies in a deadly car accident. In this film Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour collaborates with Reza Attaran, Reza Kianian, Mahmoud Kalari, Mohammad Reza Takhtkeshian, Valerie Loiseleux, Farhad Tohidi, Abbas Rastegarpour, Alireza Kohan Deiri, Ali Abedini, Alireza Alavian, Christophe Masson, Linda Borini, Melina Morse, Tom Novembre, Isabelle Pasco, Malek Jahan Khazaee, Maryam Takhtkeshian.
We Have a Guest is about that An old couple decide to bring home their war veteran son from care but he doesn't want to be home and certain truths are revealed that surprises the family... In this film Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour collaborates with Ahoo Kheradmand, Parviz Parastui, Behrooz Shoeibi, Manouchehr Mohammadi, Soheila Golestani, Mohammad Aladpoush, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Alireza Kohan Deiri, Mohammad Sadeghi, Sasan Nakhaei, Keyvan Moghaddam, Mohammad Kashfi, Mohammadreza Mouyini, Mehdi Delkhaste, Masoumeh Ghasemipoor.
Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour has been a Producer in some movies:
Born in 87 is about that Directed by Majid Tavakkoli, this romantic drama tells the story of dreams and ambitions for a generation of young Iranians who often find those things difficult to come by. In this unique take on a familiar theme, a young couple assume the role of a much wealthier couple in order to spend their days with Tehran’s nouveau riche. The adventure begins with playful games that take the audience on a comic ride but it ends in horror when the young couple find themselves locked up in an apartment, facing a case of mistaken identities. At once twisted, unpredictable, funny and thrilling, Tavakkoli’s film is a masterful, beautifully acted, cleverly composed exercise in building suspense. In this film Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour collaborates with Anahita Nemati, Masoud Salami, Sepideh Abdolvahab, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Hengameh Hamidzadeh, Maryam Saadat, Ghazaleh Motamed, Alireza Ostadi, Ladan Nazi, Mohammad Kashfi, Pedram Sharifi, Majid Tavakoli, Ehsan Amani, Jamileh Darolshafaie, Paliz Shahmohammadi, Kamran Maleki, Mahtab Servati, Majid Rezaei, Mehdi Delkhaste.
Majan is about that Arguing over living with their disabled son, Moloud and Hashem have come to the verge of a breakdown. Hashem leaves their son in a health resort, but Moloud takes him back to the house and causes a big crisis. At first, Hashem decides to divorce her, but then he tries to marry a second wife who finally rejects him fearing that she would be obliged to live with the disabled boy someday. Worried and afflicted, with some big issues in his workplace, Hashem would do anything to get rid of his son… In this film Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour collaborates with Behnoosh Bakhtiari, Farhad Aslani, Mahtab Keramati, Babak Ansari, Sima Tirandaz, Bahman Ardalan, Nazanin Mofakham, Mohammad Aladpoush, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Mohammad Mehdi Ahadi, Rahman Seifi Azad, Leila Larijani, Saeed Bojnourdi, Alireza Ostadi, Jahangir Mirzajani, Erfan Barzin, Sara Miraie, Mehdi Delkhaste.
The Sacred Footsteps is about that Rahman is apparently a foundling. On the contrary, he is a son of vow and his mother received him as a gift through appealing to Imam Mahdi. Every year on the 15th of Shaban, Rahman goes to the shrine - Ghadamgah - to fulfill his decennial vow. In his last visit, Rahman has a dream through which his life is totally changed. He believes that he can find his parents. the villagers make fun of Rahman. They make him back to the shrine to get his vow done. Ayyoob, a young villager, does some investigations and realizes Rahman’s secret. The villagers had uttered some maliciously false imputations about Rahman’s mother, Goohar. After Goohar had given birth to Rahman, the villagers accused her of having an illegitimate son. Thereby, they had severely beaten and then murdered her. Rahman finds about this secret. The villagers also realize that Goohar had been wrongly accused, so they are conscience-stricken. Meanwhile, Rahman finds out that his beloved girl, Hannaneh, is getting married to another guy. Unpretentiously and indifferently, he attends their wedding ceremony. Also as the villagers are celebrating the 15th of Shaban, Rahman joins them and he himself revolves the Imam’s flag. On the next day, the villagers, gladly assuming that they had been forgiven by Rahman, realize that he has left them and their village forever. In this film Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour collaborates with Negar Javaherian, Reza Kianian, Faramarz Sedighi, Babak Hamidian, Afarin Obeisi, Mahsa Keramati, Alireza Oosivand, Mohammad Reza Takhtkeshian, Saleh Mirza Aghaie, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Abbas Rastegarpour, Bahram Dehghan, Hassan Karimi, Mohammad Rezaei Rad, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Mohsen Roshan, Zohreh Hamidi, Mohammadreza Davoudnejad, Ramona Shah, Siamak Ehsaei, Nasrin Gholami, Hafez Ahmadi, Mohammad Yeganeh, Mehdi Madani, Shirin Samadi.
Eghlima is about that Emad, a successful stock broker and his wife Sarah are happy together , but their calm life is badly disturbed once Emad is hospitalized due to a heart disease. Sarah is deeply concerned about Emad's health and is mentally agitated. Oddly enough, Sarah receives strange phone calls and has delusive visions of a stranger at her home. She has strange visions and hallucinations to the point of a nervous breakdown and she is about to completely lose her mind. As a result of her peculiar hallucinations and paranoia there happens an incident that she dies and Emad is taken as the first suspect. Emad is convicted and jailed.Sarah's father, after his daughter's death, files charges against Emad and claims that Emad is responsible for Sarah's murder. However, after meeting emad in prison, Sarah's father is convinced that Emad did not murder his daughter. Therefore, Emad is released and goes home where a woman called Afsaneh waits for him.. She is the woman who is proved to be Sarah's murderer and her motive in killing her is Sarah's fortune. Interestingly enough, a lawyer called Mr. Mahdavi who was in love with Sarah before she married Emad starts searching for Emad because he is suspicious of him. When Mahdavi finds Emad and Afsaneh together, they start escaping from him. An escape that haunts them and does not leave them go unpunished. In this film Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour collaborates with Ahmad Mehranfar, Hossein Yari, Pantea Bahram, Hengameh Ghaziani, Shahrokh Foroutanian, Naser Onsori, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Mohammad Reza Gohari, Bahram Dehghan, Ehsan Amani, Farnaz Rahnama.
Flight at Infinity is about that Mohammad and Mahdi are two brothers who have been fighting on the frontline for years. Mahdi is besieged in an overseas operation. Mohammad saves his brother, Mahdi, on an operation and gets injured. He returns to the frontline after his recovery. This time, a new operation is designed based on the information Mahdi has gained during the siege. In this film Mohammad Mehdi Asgarpour collaborates with Shahriar Bahrani, Nasser Shafagh, Habibollah Kasehsaz, Mohammad Davudi, Kambiz Roshanravan, Masoud Afshar, Manijeh Hatamabadi, Farahnaz Manafi Zaher, Mohammad Reza Shojaee, Amir Abedi, Mohammad Reza Ahanj, Ali Mousavi, Ali Hosseini, Maliheh Ebrahimi, Davoud Rasoulian, Ahmad Zanganeh, Hossein Sajadpour.
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