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Shirin
“You are the screen, they are the audience.”
6.2 / 10• 2009• 1h 32m•NR• Persian
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Taraneh Alidoosti
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Lead
Golshifteh Farahani
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Juliette Binoche
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Leila Hatami
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Zar Amir Ebrahimi
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Hedie Tehrani
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Pegah Ahangarani
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Baran Kosari
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What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Abbas Kiarostami's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Shirin is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
