Fatemeh Motamed-Arya
Birthday: Born in 1961-10-29 in Tehran, Iran
Deathday: Alive
Fateme Motamedaria (فاطمه معتمد آریا) was born on 29 October 1961 in Tehran. She is a multi-award-winning Iranian actress. Fateme Motamedaria received her degree in Arts from Tehran University. She got involved in theatre during her teen years and then has emerged as one of the most celebrated actresses of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema. She has had nine nominations for best actress at the Fajr International Film Festival, with four of them successfully winning her the Crystal Simorgh. More recently, Fateme Motamedaria played in Tales (Ghesseha), Avalanche (Bahman), and Yahya Didn't Keep Quiet (Yahya Sokoot Nakard).
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زیر تیغ
Character: Tahereh
Zire Tigh was an Iranian drama television series broadcast by the IRIB network. The series was finished after 19 episodes, and was extremely popular with viewers. It could be seen Wednesday nights after the nightly national news on Channel 1 in Iran. The show was later re-aired shown daily on IRIB 1, IRIB 2 and IRIB 3 for those living out of the country. The show's last episode aired March 12, 2007....
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The Singer Cat
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Hasani who is an orphan is living with his little sister Goldouneh in an orphanage. One day a couple come there to adopt a child. They chose Goldouneh but Hasani who believes that their father is somewhere waiting for them is refusing......
Ballad of Bahram
Character: as Herself
A documentary about Bahram Beyzai (Persian: بهرام بیضایی; born 26 December 1938). He is an Iranian playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, film editor, and ostād ("master") of Persian letters, arts, and Iranian studies....
Mercy
Character: Vet
A fairy grants wishes in Tehran through a remote control....
Here Without Me
Character: Mother
The story is about the world of a small family with familiar dreams and not so remarkable problems. The mother is trying to lead everything to save her family, but small events disarrange all her plans....
Safar
Character: Pari
An exploration of the psychological effects of war on a middle-class Iranian family who flee Teheran following a night air raid....
Look at Me
Character: parand
At the age of 9, due to the poverty of the family, Aitkin is sold to a person who has two wives and several children and marries him, she runs away from home due to the beating of her husband....
Once Upon a Time Abadan
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Takes place in the early 2000s, during a period when the country's political situation is heavily influenced by the US military attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq. Despite the years that have passed since the end of the war, the shadow of fear and terror has once again reminded people of the dark days of the past. The plot revolves around New Year's Eve in a not-so-wealthy family living in Abadan. The father of the family is an addict and is desperate for drugs, which has disrupted the household at...
Avalanche
Character: Homa
Homa, the most accomplished nurse in the hospital is asked to care for the elderly mother of the owner of the hospital. The next ten days sees continuous snow fall, trapping both women but opening a host of unknown doors....
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Character: Golnaar
The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically transported back in time from the early twentieth century to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah in 19th century Iran. Captured by the Shah's guards, he shows films from the history of Iranian cinema to the Shah. The Shah is entranced and eagerly shows his family the apparently magical medium....
Men at Work
Character: Mina
A political allegory on four middle-class guys who pile into their car for a ski weekend. A brief stop at a picturesque vista leads to their chance discovery of a prominent rock formation it seems would be oh so easy to tip over, but......
Redhat and Sarvenaz
Character: Narges
This entertaining real action, puppets movie narrates the adventures of a stouthearted boy who is kidnapped by two bandits. During the abduction, he will help a girl, he meets, who has been held prisoner in her room for her entire life. After failing a course for several times, Kolah Ghermezi finally passes it and enters a higher level. He returns home and happily shows his marks to Aghaye Mojri and Narges; who are supposed to be his parents now. Aghaye Mojri promises to buy a bicycle for him as...
Redhat and Cousin
Character: Narges
Kolah Ghermezi is a naughty school boy. His playfulness gets him expelled from school and he fails to find a job. He sees a program on TV which attracts his attention and he goes to Tehran. With the help of Pesarkhaleh, he goes to the TV program he had seen and finds the reporter. He likes the reporter so much that he decides to help him overcome the obstacles he faces for getting married, but instead causes troubles....
Gilaneh
Character: Gilane
A mother's courage, hardship, and love, in times of war. In 1988, during the Iran-Iraq war, Gilane escorts her pregnant daughter, Maygol, from the relative calm of their village, Espili, into war-torn Tehran to search for Maygol's husband, Rahman. The journey is arduous and what they find when they reach the capital is dismaying and frightening. Fifteen years later, as another war begins in Iraq, Gillane is at home caring for her son Ismael, who suffers from epilepsy, a byproduct of war. As she ...
Abadan
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An old Iranian man disappears while searching for a friend who's been dead ten years, so his agitated daughter enlists her estranged husband to look for him; the husband puts his foot down at first but soon finds himself cruising the streets of Tehran with his best friend, searching for the old rascal and cursing all the way....
The Changed Man
Character: Shirin
Khosro Paziresh, poor inventor of a magical washing powder went to see the CEO to manufacture his invention But accidentally fell into the elevator shaft....
Reyhaneh
Character: Reyhaneh
Reyhaneh leaves her husband and come to live by her father's house but her brother who has financial problems wants her out. He wants to force her into another marriage but she leaves for her sister's house. But the troubles are waiting for her there too....
The Blue-Veiled
Character: Nobar
An elderly owner of a tomato farm and sauce factory, after his wife's death, falls in love with one of the workers of the factory endangering his relationship with his daughters and in-laws. While everybody in the big family persuades the old man to abandon the relationship with the poor girl, the old man makes his final choice of love....
Yahya Sokoot Nakard
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Young Yahya's father is going far looking for a job,therefore Yahya should stay with her infamous aunt.......
African Violet
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When Fereydoun's children put him in a nursing home, his ex-wife Shokoo takes him to her house although her new husband does not quite approve....
Azizam, Man Kook Nistam
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Hamid Afshari, the secretary at the courthouse (Parviz Parastui), is running out of money to buy a computer for his son. Desperate, he plans to kidnap Farzan, the son of Mr. Zare, a rich party that had a trial in court. For this, he takes for accomplice Asghar, a gangster already condemned. Asghar locks Farzan in a villa in the suburbs. To catch the kidnappers, Mr. Zare feigns a state of emergency and is hospitable. Hamid Afshari rushes to the hospital to inquire about his state of health. Roya,...
Memory and Visit
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A poor old mute's only interest in life is his fighting cock, and when it's stolen he's devastated. The film was banned by the Iranian government....
Tales
Character: نوبر کردانی
Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class society....
Fairy Out of Wedluck
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Parinaaz's mother dies in an accident. The only relative to take care of Parinaaz is an aunt who despises her. Their relationship is to be challenged through different unnatural events....
Winter Dreams
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Three sisters find themselves trying to cope in the wake of their parents' death. One of the sisters, a young factory worker, finds herself faced with the prospect of marriage when a ......
The Pastry Girl
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The film is all about marriage. A boy and a girl from two families want to get married, but for twenty years because of the differences between their parents either their engagement, or their wedding has been put of. The disagreements get more serious and finally the boy and the girl decide to commit suicide....
Tale of the Sea
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Taher Mohebi is a well-known writer who, after witnessing a violent murder, breaks down and spends three years in a mental institution. After release he is told that things are just as they were before, but his relentless hallucinations make him want to return to the institution....
Nabat
Character: Nabat
The story is set during an upsurge in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and revolves around an old, sick ex-forestry worker and his wife Nabat, whose son has died in battle....
Aba Jan
Character: Aba Jan
Stories of families who live in the Zanjan city in the 1980s. Family atmosphere of those years of war and its impact on their lives A family tradition in the 1980s they live in the city. Families who affected by the war between Iran and Iraq....
Under the Peach Tree
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A Little Kiss
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Two old writers who one of them is returned to Iran after 38 years because of his son's suicide, are going on a trip to the grave of that son....
City of Mice
Character: Narenji (voice )
Mice who have to leave their school and immigrate because of a wild cat who wants to eat them up. Eventually the mice defeat the cat and go back to their home....
In Silence
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Sudabeh returns to Iran after years to escape the punishment of conscience, but he needs to tell a secret that it is difficult to tell a secret ......
The Prank
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An adaptation of Hero (1992), The Prank (Persian: Shoukhi) tells the story of Reza Fathali (Parviz Parastui), a petty criminal who saves the passengers of a crashed airplane; however, his friend, Ebrahim Nazabadi (Habib Rezaei) takes credit for his heroism....
Popular
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A middle-aged housewife that is about to enter her sixties decides to become independent after realising her husband has cheated on her in a humiliating fashion....
Travelers
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A young woman's wedding becomes a ritual of mourning when her sister and family die in an auto accident on the way to the wedding. The sisters' mother refuses to accept her daughter's death, and in the midst of wedding guests and mourners, including the drivers of the truck that caused the accident, she orders the wedding to take place. But how can the daughter marry in the midst of a wake and without the family's traditional mirror, which the sister was bringing to the service?...
Crossroads
Character: Minu Rahmani
As the days of several different people unfold, their separate lives are about to become linked by a tragic car crash which kills two women. Affected by their involvement in the accident in different ways, neither Amir or Mr Naseri will ever be the same again. How will the tragedy affect their relationships with those around them in this absorbing drama? Written by IMVBox.com...
Once Upon a Time
Character: ... ( Voice )
In 'Once upon a time,' ('Yeki Bood Yeki Nabood', 2000), a magical letter transports two men, Fahrad and Iraj, to a small house in the middle of the countryside - and into a world that's filled with cute talking animals.The men are happy to go along with it, but when the animals follow them back to the city, there are much bigger problems to solve. A delightful film for young children....
Jandar
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Asma's previous suitor Yaser ruins her wedding Ceremony. Her brother Jamal accidentally kills Yaser's brother. Yaser's odd suggestion in order to forgive Jamal, endangers Asma's Marriage....
The Actor
Character: Simin
An Iranian actor named Akbar is trying to become a serious actor instead of the clown everyone considers him to be. However financial problems force him to abandon his dream of being an artistic actor. He also has to deal with his family problems and his wife's inability to become pregnant....
The Spouse
Character: Shirin
The personal life of a couple is challenged when the wife gets a promotion over her husband and becomes his boss....
No Choice
Character: Dr. Pendar
A young homeless girl supports herself as a surrogate mother for money. A human rights attorney tries to help her change her life, but ithe challenges seem insurmountable. This is a rarely seen side of Iranian society....
A Mother's Love
Character: Mina Fahimi
In this Iranian film, social worker Mina (Fateme Motamed-Aria) tells the reformatory head they should offer genuine emotional feedback to their charges, but she withdraws when the reality of such idealistic proposals becomes evident. Young Medhi (Hussein Soleimani) is troubled after the death of his mother. He views Mina as the mother he needs, but Mina is wary. Shown at the 1998 Fajr Film Festival....
Love + 2
Character: Mina
Four years after breaking up, Mahmood meets Yasaman on the day of her father's funeral, just after the latter has returned back from abroad. Mahmood has met Mina a year after his and ......
My Child
Character: Bibi Tala
harming drama set in a rural area of post-war Iran. This heartwarming story follows a thoughtful young woman who serves as a leader to the community and a seemingly naive young man who is smitten with a local girl. The film observes their customs and traditions in the tranquil setting of their natural environment. Despite the irreparable damage to their lives due to the war, the villagers remain warm-hearted and kind to those they encounter. The past haunts their lives, but their hearts remain p...
Leila's Dream
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The story is about a 26-year-old girl who lives alone in the house inherited from her parents......
Shirin
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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....
Once for Ever
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A man, who is planning to emigrate from the country, has reached agreement with his wife to be separated from her. The woman is a war refugee and decides to return to her home town in the south of Khuzistan province. On the day of separation the woman realizes she is pregnant, and now the man has to modify his plans to face the new situation....