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Terrestrial Verses

7.4 2023 Movie Comedy Drama

A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse.

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A lovelorn doctor trying to invent a way to prevent brain damage in comatose patients manages to create a device that can digitally store an individual's memories. After he is jilted at the altar by his fiancee, he accidentally swaps her memories with those of a serial womanizer and realizes that the device can perhaps help him erase the painful events in his own past. Hilarity ensues as he tries to perfect his invention in this memorable romantic comedy that asks the question: "Can you remember who you are if you forget who you were?".

Laughter in the Rain

2010 Comedy
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7.4 FILM

The satirical commentary on clergymen in post-revolutionary Iran. While in prison, petty criminal Reza (Parviz Parastui) comes across a clergyman, sparking a plan for escape. Reza dons his new acquaintance's clerical robes and makes a bid for freedom. He soon learns that being a clergyman brings little respect from the public. Reza travels to the outlying villages, from where he plots to escape the country. However, his plans must be put on hold when the villagers accept him into their community and expect him to perform religious duties. Will Reza's prison break transform him into an unlikely pillar of the community?

The Lizard

2004 Action

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