
Acting
Bita Farrahi
Born — Died
1958-03-21 — 2023-11-25
Place of birth
Tehran, Iran
Known for
Acting
Credits
24 titles
One of the most famous and internationally acclaimed actresses in Iran, Bita Farrahi studied art at John Powers’ School in the United States. She worked as professional model for art magazines in California, left the US in 1985, and went back to Iran. Her talent as an actress was found by director Darius Mehrjui. She began her acting career with “Hamoun.” She is most noted for willingness to play the roles of intellectual, independent women who are struggling with family and psychological problems.
Known for
NRThe film is about Amir and Mehraneh, a married couple who can’t stand the sight of each other. Their marriage three years ago was a mistake, and their hellish life together has exhausted them — yet they are forced to tolerate each other for one more day and night.
Waiting For Miracle
2012
3.5The island is not a place, it is an excuse for conflict between people who seek their destiny in it, and it is the basis for the efforts of those who decide to have a greater share in life; They do everything to reach the island.
Island
2021
Reza and Farid, who have lost their wives Atefeh and Leyli, find themselves displaced when the Green House is destroyed, and in this displacement they visit different parts of Iran. They become familiar with the stories of the Azeris, the Southerners, and the Baluchis, and ultimately realize that even if the Green House is destroyed, the Green Land still stands.
Sarzamine Sabz
—
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Dance on the Glass
2019
6.2A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle East -- remains invisible to the viewer of the film, the whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.
Shirin
2009
6.9Kingdom of Jamkard, ancient Persia. After defeating the armies of Ahriman, embodiment of evil, King Jamshid, bearer of the light of Divine Power, abandons his people blinded by pride, determined to conquer new lands. Thus, by chance, Zahhaak becomes regent and undertakes the reconstruction of the devastated capital. But then Ahriman, who dwells in the heart of every human being, begins to poison his tormented soul.
The Last Fiction
2019
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
1.5Laminar, means the first step and chords that guitar learners learn. This movie is about a girl musician.
A Minor
2022
NRA woman embarks on an unyielding and possibly hopeless search for her missing husband, a journey that strains her already fragile relationship with her daughter. Along the way, she also faces the unwelcome advances of her persistent brother-in-law.
A Time in Eternity
2026
2010s · 9 titles
NRThe film is about Amir and Mehraneh, a married couple who can’t stand the sight of each other. Their marriage three years ago was a mistake, and their hellish life together has exhausted them — yet they are forced to tolerate each other for one more day and night.
Waiting For Miracle
2012
6.9Kingdom of Jamkard, ancient Persia. After defeating the armies of Ahriman, embodiment of evil, King Jamshid, bearer of the light of Divine Power, abandons his people blinded by pride, determined to conquer new lands. Thus, by chance, Zahhaak becomes regent and undertakes the reconstruction of the devastated capital. But then Ahriman, who dwells in the heart of every human being, begins to poison his tormented soul.
The Last Fiction
2019
5.9Bita (Hatami), a successful lawyer specializing in championing the cause of women’s rights in divorce cases, is blind to the trouble brewing in her own marriage. A snatch of gossip and a problem client with an unwanted pregnancy unexpectedly bring Bita’s problems home. (Gene Siskel Film Center)
Time to Love
2014
NRMehrjui: The Forty-Year Report dives into the artistic world of Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. The film offers critical interpretations of his works from cinema experts, enriched with personal anecdotes from his peers.
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
2016
3.0The story is about faith and religious believes.
Annunciation to a Third Milennium Citizen
2013
6.4Khosrow (Shahab Hosseini) who is a bi-polar man is forced to live in his brother's house Nasser, as his guardian and sister goes abroad for a while. The brothers soon find themsleves in friction due to the challenging behavior of Khosrow and quesrionable moral decisions by Nasser.
My Brother Khosrow
2017
6.6The uneasy relationship between a mother and daughter is made all the more turbulent by drug abuse in this downbeat drama from Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab
Mainline
2011
NRHe has a beautiful house and Farang. He has a dream and the reality and love that sustains the house.
The Time I Came Back
2017
3.2Two fellows find themselves in prison for thieving but it is actually their fortune because an old man before dying gives them a treasure map so after their release they try to find it but there are some problems.
Six and Five
2011
2000s · 6 titles
6.2A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle East -- remains invisible to the viewer of the film, the whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.
Shirin
2009
5.2When Amir learns that the woman who is to marry his younger brother Reza is having an affair with another man, he murders her to restore his family's good name. Considering the killing to be a matter of honor, Amir stoically goes to prison for 12 years where his fellow inmates regard him as a hero. But when he is released, he discovers that the Iran he knew has changed.
Protest
2001
5.0An artist's life who lives in a village of Kurdistan,Iran has been changed because his nephew enters to the village.
The Familiar Soil
2008
6.0An Iranian director and his technical crew scramble to complete post-production on their latest film in time for the Fajr Film Festival.
The Mix
2000
7.5Director Bahman Farmanara's second film following a 20-year exile from his native Iran depicts the spiritual crisis of a middle-aged man. In the film's dreamlike opening scene, Dr. Reza Sepidbakht (Reza Kianian), a well-off Tehran gynecologist, thinks he runs over an angel while driving home at night with a call girl. The next morning at the hospital where he works, he is shown a comatose boy who is famous for having memorized the entire Koran. These two events cause him to rethink his cynical outlook on life and his relationships with his elderly father, wayward son, and the women he has mistreated since becoming estranged from his wife. When the boy awakens from his coma, Dr. Sepidbakht begins to look to him for answers.
A House Built on Water
2002
5.5Parkway is a crossing in Tehran. Part horror, part thriller, the film chronicles the tribulations of a young couple, Raha and Kouhyar.
Parkway
2007
1990s · 3 titles
7.0Hamoon's wife is leaving him. He is also unsuccessfully trying to finish his Ph.D. thesis. He is forced to reexamine his life. In a series of flashbacks and dreams, Hamoon tries to figure out what he did wrong.
Hamoon
1990
5.4During the Iran-Iraq war, Reza's wife gives birth, and dies soon afterward. Reza is taken as POW. Shokooh finds Reza's baby and raises her as her own. Many years later, Reza find's his daughter again...
Kimia
1995
7.0Maryam Banoo, a depressed wealthy woman, finds out that her husband is having an affair with another woman. Her husband leaves the house after Maryam Banoo understands the truth. Maryam feels lonely and, by accident, she finds a poor worker and his pregnant wife who are homeless and need a warm place and some treatments for the wife. Maryam Banoo helps them by inviting them to her house and entertaining them with several kinds of food and drinks. The husband and wife invite some other members of their family to Banoo's house and they start to steal Banoo's expensive furniture and bothering her with their bad behavior. Finally Maryam's husband comes back from the trip and throws the poor people out. He admits that he is sorry about his affair but Maryam doesn't accept it and moves to an unknown place to live in peace. Her husband goes after her.
The Lady
1992
Series credits
3.5The island is not a place, it is an excuse for conflict between people who seek their destiny in it, and it is the basis for the efforts of those who decide to have a greater share in life; They do everything to reach the island.
Island
2021
Reza and Farid, who have lost their wives Atefeh and Leyli, find themselves displaced when the Green House is destroyed, and in this displacement they visit different parts of Iran. They become familiar with the stories of the Azeris, the Southerners, and the Baluchis, and ultimately realize that even if the Green House is destroyed, the Green Land still stands.
Sarzamine Sabz
—
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Dance on the Glass
2019
9.0The story begins with the death of Harun al-Rashid, the Abbasid caliph, and the coming to power of his son Amin. In the continuation of the war between Amin and his brother Mamun, the caliphate of Mamun and the bringing of Ali ibn Musa al-Reza to Merv is shown. It also describes the important events of this period, such as the rain prayer, the Eid al-Fitr prayer, and the debates between religions
Reign of Love
2000
