Rakhshan Banietemad ( رخشان بنی اعتماد ) was born on 3 April 1954 in Tehran. She is an internationally and critically acclaimed Iranian film producer, director and screenwriter. She is widely considered Iran's premier female director, and her films have been praised at international festivals and have been popular with Iranian critics and audiences. Her title as the 'First Lady of Iranian Cinema'Rakhshan Banietemad has been a Director in some movies:
The Blue Veiled is about that 'Rasoul Rahmani
...' is the owner of a tomato farm who owns a factory on the side. He lives alone since the passing of his wife. 'Nobar Kordani' is a woman in charge of a family who has to work. She is selected alongside a group of women to work on the farm and... In this film Rakhshan Banietemad collaborates with Afsar Asadi, Baran Kosari, Ezzatolah Entezami, Farhad Aslani, Fatemeh Motamed Aria, Golab Adineh, Nayereh Farahani, Nadia Deldar Golchin, Jamshid Esmailkhani, Majid Modaresi, Parviz Abnar, Abbas Ganjavi, Aziz Saati, Abdollah Eskandari, Fariborz Pourmand, Mehri Shirazi.
Under the Skin of the City is about that A valuable visual commentary on modern society, 'Under The Skin Of The City' follows one Iranian family in their eternal struggle to stay afloat financially and emotionally. Touba works hard at a textile factory to make ends meet during the day, returning in the evening to face the trials and tribulations of her family: her pregnant daughter who frequently suffers at the hands of her abusive husband, a son embroiled in radical politics, and another son who hopes to escape to Japan. In their fight for self-determination and independence, Touba and her family come to represent the plight of the working class in modern day Tehran. In this film Rakhshan Banietemad collaborates with Baran Kosari, Golab Adineh, Mehraveh Sharifinia, Mohammad Reza Foroutan, Maryam Boubani, Mohsen Ghazi Moradi, Mahvash Vaghari, Homeira Riazi, Alireza Oosivand, Mehrdad Falahatgar, Nazanin Farahani, Jahangir Kosari, Ebrahim Sheibani, Hossein Jafarian, Farid Mostafavi, Mohammad Reza Delpak, Mostafa Kherghehpoosh, Mehri Shirazi, Asghar Shahverdi, Mitra Mahaseni, Omid Mohit.
The May Lady is about that A woman edging into middle age must make some tough choices about her life and her work in this engaging drama from Iran. Forugh Kia (Minoo Farshi) is a documentary filmmaker in her early forties who has reached a crossroads in both her personal and professional lives. Forugh has been forced by economics to set aside more personal projects in order to accept a commission from a television network. A thoughtful examination on the importance of following your passions. In this film Rakhshan Banietemad collaborates with Atefeh Razavi, Baran Kosari, Fatemeh Motamed Aria, Golab Adineh, Ramin Rastad, Mani Kasraian, Minoo Farshchi, Jahangir Kosari, Parviz Abnar, Hossein Jafarian, Alireza Raisian, Mostafa Kherghehpoosh, Mehri Shirazi, Amir Esbati, Masume Shah Nazari, Peyman Shadmanfar, Behnaz Tavakoli.
Narges is about that Adel is a young criminal who frequently teams up with his middle-aged wife Afagh in order to carry out the most audacious schemes. But when Adel falls in love with Narges, he realizes he is quite prepared to start a new life on the right side of the law. Posing as his mother, Afagh assures the bride's family that Adel is reliable, but his criminal record closes most doors in his attempts to secure a legitimate career path. Trapped in a love triangle and in the limbo of a double life, can Adel ever achieve the better future for which he is striving? In this film Rakhshan Banietemad collaborates with Abolfazl Poor Arab, Atefeh Razavi, Baran Kosari, Farimah Farjami, Fereydoun Jeyrani, Reza Karam Rezaie, Parviz Abnar, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Hossein Jafarian, Abdollah Eskandari, Shirin Vahidi, Bahman Heidari, Fatemeh Taheri, Javad Moghaddas, Amir Esbati, Heshmatollah Aramideh, Saeed Moosavi, Danial Haghighat, Mitra Mahaseni, Majid Golbabaei, Vajihe Loghmani, Jafar Kosari, Kamran Nader Sepahi, Mohammad Allahyari.
Mainline is about that Picking up from her highly successful 'Under the Skin of the City', the mother of Iranian cinema Rakshan Bani-Etemad returns to her artistic city Tehran to document the plight of its drug dependent population. Narrating the spiralling relationship between a mother and her addict daughter, we are presented with all faces of poverty and desperation, as the drugs put an emotional and financial strain on the family. Adopting hand-held camera work, Bani-Etemad continues her realist visual style in this gritty study of urban life. In this film Rakhshan Banietemad collaborates with Bahram Radan, Baran Kosari, Bita Farahi, Masoud Rayegan, Mahmoud Kalari, Mohsen Abdolvahab, Jahangir Kosari, Yadollah Najafi, Farid Mostafavi, Mohammad Reza Delpak, Sepideh Abdolvahab, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Naghmeh Samini, Zhila Mehrjui, Farid Valizadeh, Mitra Mahaseni.
Baran and the Native is about that Aboard the top deck of a cruise ship, Baran, a young wealthy girl, notices a native boy who is dancing joyfully to beating drums. Baran arrives at a plush hotel on the mainland, however she seems somewhat disconsolate. Later she finds the native boy again and they begin to bond, playfully exploring the beach resort together. Later, the two go aboard a row-boat and the native dives down into the water to collect a pearl from the seabed for her. However, the ending leaves the audience to wonder if he was a figment of Baran's longing imagination all along. Well-shot and with a strong performance from Baran Kosari, this film perfectly captures the bittersweet pangs of young love. In this film Rakhshan Banietemad collaborates with Baran Kosari, Ebrahim Sheibani, Parviz Abnar, Hossein Jafarian, Mostafa Kherghehpoosh, Asghar Abdollahi, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Babak Moayerian, Masoud Behnam, Shirin Dibaj, Farzaneh Asgarian, Samin Asgarian, Mahboubeh Sadeghi, Ghazal Golmakani, Saeed Shanbeh-Zadeh.
Our Times is about that This docu-fiction focuses on the lives of several Iranian women throughout the presidential elections of 2001. Director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, one of Iran's most respected feminist filmmakers, explores two groups of women, one old and one young, to contrast divergent political attitudes across the generation gap. At one end of this spectrum is the director's daughter and a group of her friends, on the other end is a group of forty-eight older women running for office. Binding these two stories together is the tale of Arezoo Bayat and her daughter who are simply trying to make a living amid the headier issue of the elections. A compelling portrait of life as a Iranian woman at the turn of the 21st century. In this film Rakhshan Banietemad collaborates with Reza Davoudnejad, Baran Kosari, Pegah Ahangarani, Pirooz Kalantari, Mohsen Abdolvahab, Jahangir Kosari, Milad Sadrameli, Hossein Mahdavi, Mohammad Reza Delpak, Nava Rohani.
Other films are:
Gilaneh, Canary Yellow, Tales, In Blue, Hey Humans, All My Trees, A Lifetime in an Hour, See You Tomorrow Elina, Angels of the House of Sun, Foreign Currency, Off Limits, Beast's Chimney, Magician, Touran Khanom, The Mist
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