The Golden Palace

Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?

A wise man's job is to find young men with good lineage but no financial means, and after training them in various skills with masters, he introduces them to wealthy families with daughters, and after they are able to get married, he makes money in this way...

Two friends named Amir Palang and Ahmad Nane Baba Jegaraki are interested in Asieh ; But Asieh is interested in Amir, and Amir tries to stay away from Asieh in favor of Ahmad. Ahmad gets into a fight with Gholi, who owes Asieh's father, and kills him. But Amir is arrested. With the inheritance that comes to him from his aunt, Ahmad accumulates capital and goes to Tehran ...

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

Ghalandar feels bothered by the suitors wooing for his sister Eshrat. But for a secret reason he does not want to marry her off. As a way out, he asks his trusted friend Sadegh to marry his sister, but warns him about making love with her. Sadegh tries to keep his promise, but when he leaves his wife immediately after the wedding ceremony for the capital, Eshrat follows and joins him and his mother. Unable to bear with the taunts of mother, Sadegh eventually breaks his oath and takes his legal wife to bed. Informed of this betrayal, Ghalandar waylays Sadegh at a dark night and stabs him to death. Eshrat, suspecting who is behind this murder, flees and joins a whorehouse, intent to exact her revenge by staining the name of his so-far respectable brother...

A deaf mute, and his trained bear wind up on an old, narrow street in Tehran. The street's many children are instantly delighted by new arrivals.

Directed by Khosro Malekan.

Karim introduces Abi to a girl named Nasrin, who takes care of his blind son Saeed and sings in Abbas's cafe. Karim warns Abi against continuing his relationship with Nasrin, and upon meeting Nasrin, he realizes that she is the woman he abandoned in Bandar years ago and that Saeed is his own son. The two reconcile, and Abi suspects that Karim has betrayed him. On Abbas's advice, Abi drags Karim to a secluded house to take revenge on him; but Nasrin explains to Abi the story of her and Karim's long-standing love. Abi enters the fray and is stabbed by Abbas.

Hussein Azhdan lives by his family in peace, until he meets Shabnam, and a romance is emerged between the two. A wicked man, Jalal, is against their love. Jalal creates many obstacles on their way; for instance, he wrongly accuses Hussein Azhdan of bribery. Hussein Azhdan, who has been abandoned his family to be with his love, does his best to remove the obstacles on his way. Nevertheless, Shabnam selflessly forgets about herself and asks Hussein Azhdan to go back and live by his own family.

Adapted from a story in 1001 Nights, the story concerns the death of an actor and the comical incidents that occur as different people come into possession of, and attempt to dispose of, his body.

Moslem is a truck driver who has just been released from prison. At the invitation of a friend named Safar, he goes to a roadside stop on the outskirts of the city for work, where he unexpectedly encounters his former love — who has now become a prize offered to drivers. He then falls in love with a young woman who is the daughter of this former lover, but in the end he discovers that she is actually his own daughter…

Shokat After her husband's death, tries to trap her young Nasser secretary.

Ghasem Khan thought he owned part of the sea and got into a clash with some fishermen over fishing rights. Everyone joined the fight and after Ghasem Khan's people dispersed the fishermen they confiscated the fish they had caught. After his son Masoud attacked him and said his claim to ownership of part of the sea was unconscionable Ghasem Khan drove him out of the house; he took refuge with the people. Ahmad loves Kazem's daughter Maryam. Ahmad went to sea fishing with a group of fishermen but the sea was tempestuous and he turned up missing.

1322 Islamic Calendar year; Iran before the constitutional revolution. People have formed a revolutionary committee to fight Khan. Cossack brigades are torturing and executing people, and Sheikh Saleh and his brother Esrafil with the help of an old man named Khajeh Isaa are prepared to fight against Khan and his steward Hollakoo.

Two sisters from an aristocrat family fall in love with the son of their driver. Finally the little sister retreat for the oldest sister to get marry with him.

When a young woman named Shohreh is found dead at a hotel in northern Iran, her death is ruled a suicide, supposedly caused by her unrequited love for Shahin, the hotel's singer. Refusing to believe the official explanation, Shahreh's younger sister, Firouzeh, sets out to uncover the truth and avenge her death. Her investigation leads her to Shahin, who conceals his identity while helping her unravel the mystery. As suspicion grows and the police reopen the case, a tangled web of infidelity, deception, and murder begins to emerge. Along the way, Firouzeh finds herself unexpectedly falling in love with the very man she initially blamed for her sister's death.

A little girl with a blind mother accidentally becomes friends with a rich and famous singer who decides to help her.

A girl pretends to be Mitra, the fiancée of Morteza Khan, the owner of a coffee shop. After some time of them socializing and wedding preparations being made, the real Mitra arrives in Tehran from Europe. The embarrassed girl leaves Morteza's house, but Morteza, who has fallen in love with her, follows her, finds her, and marries her.

The thief, who looks a lot like the bank manager, after a long time of tracking and planning a precise scheme, introduces himself as the manager and robs the bank's safe. But he fails to execute the plan and gets caught by the police.

Reza lives with his mother, sister, and younger brother. He suffers from severe headaches, and doctors diagnose him with a brain tumor. Meanwhile, Mr. Maleki is murdered. The victim’s brother offers a reward of two hundred thousand tomans to anyone who finds the killer.

An old man and an old woman had a disagreement at their wedding feast many years ago and called it off. They still hold a grudge against each other to this day...

Dash Habib who lives with his sick mother alone is a thief who helps the poor all the time. One night he saves a rich girl Setareh from some scoundrels. But this is only the beginning of the troubles and romance for Habib.

A rogue hunter named Sanjar causes the death of a village woman...

An elderly man whose daughter has many suitors sets the condition for marriage to her as finding his other daughter. He, who is in shock, recovers from his illness.

Javad and Mansour join the navy and become interested in the petty officer's daughters.

Manouchehr and Ahmad are the creators of advertising teasers and do not come home some nights. Their wives, who are suspicious of their husbands, pretend to be two foreign actresses and go to the advertising agency and ask to play in commercials.

The distinguished lord procures his daily necessities from the villagers as tribute with the help of his steward. He encourages his daughter, Monireh, to befriend Farrokh. Farrokh dishonors Monireh by giving her a sleeping drug and then flees to the city.

Roum was conquered by European invaders, and its pregnant Banu (lady) forced to flee for her life. She becomes wedded to an Egyptian merchant and gives birth to her child, Arsalan. The merchant claims the child as his own. Eventually, of course, Arsalan learns of his royal origins and takes it in his mind to reclaim his throne.

Ebram travels to Paris with the father of the girl he's considering for his brother's wife. In Paris, Ebram finds out that he intends to marry a Parisian girl. Ebram tries to dissuade him, but he himself falls for a Parisian girl named Nicole. Despite Nicole's beauty and good qualities, Ebram feels she clashes with his beliefs and traditions. Although he's deeply in love with her, he decides to return to Iran and marry the girl chosen for his brother himself.

Behrouz Vossoughi, legendary Iranian actor, leaves his country just before the revolution in 1978, and he could never return to his homeland. This is the story of his journey, living in exile.

Madadali has been interested in Ra'na for years, but the girl's father, Mash Yadollah, and her mother agree to marry their daughter to Lotfollah.

Aras Khan, who has been away from his hometown for years after his father was killed by Qilich Khan, returns to avenge his father.

1934. A barber is suffering from high prices and his difficult situation. He has eleven children, and his pregnant wife gives birth to twins. The man, who believes in the bad luck of the number thirteen, leaves one of the twins in the car of a young couple, unaware that his thirteenth child has remained with him. The young couple adopts the baby and takes it to Abadan.

A father on his deathbed stipulates that after his death, his two children will inherit his property on the condition that his grandchildren marry each other and have children. The two brothers try to convince their children to marry each other with Ramin's help: but Mehri, the cousin, and Mehdi, the cousin, each refuse to do so, imagining that the other has agreed to marry them with the intention of acquiring wealth. On the one hand, Mehdi is tied to a singer, and on the other hand, Mehri is interested in a young man who works as an assistant cook in their house. Mehri and Mehdi agree to a temporary marriage to get rid of their fathers, until each of them, after ridiculous adventures, realizes their love for the other and happily starts a new life.

In a poor village, during an incident, a young farmer stands up to the village landlord. Initially, the farmers are intimidated by the landlord and try to stop the young man from continuing his struggle. But gradually, they join him, and this is when a law regarding land distribution is passed. The villagers unanimously revolt against their landlord and drive him out of their village.

A cabaret singer meets a man, marries him and quits her job, and soon has a child.

When a cruel and lustful landlord tries to assault Ali Mohammad Sangari's wife, Ali Mohammad and his son, Gol Aqa, rush to save her. However, the woman is killed, and from then on, the father and son launch a rebellion against the landlord. Four years later, Ali Mohammad passes away, leaving Gol Aqa to continue the fight alone. Once, while wounded, Gol Aqa takes refuge in a house where the owner's daughter, Narges, nurses him back to health. During this time, they fall in love and eventually marry. On their wedding night, the landlord's men attack to capture Gol Aqa. Gol Aqa is killed, and Narges, still in her wedding dress, guns down her lover's killers before being killed herself.

A husband and wife, after several years of marriage, are unable to have children, and the husband decides to take another wife, until Baba Ali and his wife Golnaz come to work for them.

After years of suspecting his wife of having an affair with a young painter, the man finally abandons her.