

Shirin
You are the screen, they are the audience.
Genres
Overview
A 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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
92 min
Release Date
2009-04-18
Status
Released
Original Language
Persian
Vote Count
34
Vote Average
6.1
Taraneh Alidoosti
Hedie Tehrani
Golshifteh Farahani
Baran Kosari
Pegah Ahangarani
Tannaz Tabatabaei
Ateneh Faghih Nasiri
Azita Hajian
Afsaneh Bayegan
Afsane Chehreazad
Elnaz Shakerdoost
Elika Abdolrazzaghi
Irene Zazians
Bahareh Afshari
Bahare Rahnama
Bahare Kianafshar
Behnaz Jafari
Bita Farrahi
Pantea Bahram
Parivash Nazarieh
Pouri Banaei
Sorayya Ghasemi
Hamide Kheyrabadi
Homeira Riazi
Khatereh Asadi
Khazar Ma'soumi
Darya Ashouri
Rabeh Oskouie
Raziyeh Boroumand
Ramona Shah
Rana Azadivar
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Roya Javidnia
Roya Nownahali
Rima Raminfar
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Ziba Borufeh
Zhaleh Sameti
Zhale Olov
Juliette Binoche
Elsa Firuz Azar
Sara Khoeniha
Sarah Manninen
Setare Eskandari
Setareh Pesyani
Sahar Dolatshahi
Sahar Valadbeygi
Solmaz Panahi
Shabnam Moghadami
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Shahla Riahi
Shahnaz Shahbazi
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Fatemeh Naghavi
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Katayoun Riahi
Kamand Amirsoleimani
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Laleh Eskandari
Laleh Saboori
Laya Zanganeh
Lida Abbasi
Leila Hatami
Leili Rashidi
Mahaya Petrossian
Marjan Shirmohammadi
Marjaneh Golchin
Marziyeh Boroumand
Merila Zarei
Maryam Kavyani
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Mahtaj Nojoomi
Mehraneh Mahintorabi
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Nasrin Moghanloo
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Nayereh Farahani
Niku Kheradmand
Niki Karimi
niusha zeyghami
Hanie Tavassoli
Hoda Nasseh
Vishka Asayesh
Yekta Naser
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