Babak Karimi
Birthday: Born in 1960-03-22 in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Deathday: Alive
Babak Karimi (Persian: بابک کریمی, born 1960) is an Iranian actor. For his role in A Separation, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor (as part of ensemble) at 61st Berlin International Film Festival in 2011.
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می خواهم زنده بمانم
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Homa Haghi and her love are preparing with the Haghi family to surprise Homayoun, the father of her family on his birthday night. But when the father arrives, the whole family is surprised....
La linea verticale
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Heartfelt Italian comedy-drama about the patients and staff of a hospital oncology ward....
خاتون
Character: Haji Zarrabi
It is the story of a family on the first of September 1941, which undergoes changes during the occupation of Iran by the Allies....
پوست شیر
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Naeem, who has endured 15 years in prison for his daughter's love, faces a major crisis after his release to see her....
رهایم کن
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An invitation letter from the famous singer Daniel reaches Afshanah to meet him, Afshanah, who is eager to meet Daniel, shows up for a romantic date, but.....
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The World in Shots
Character: Self
"Il mondo a scatti" is a film that intertwines images of today and yesterday, still images and moving images through a dialogue between two people who reflect on the visible and invisible things of the world: Cecilia Mangini, unstoppable ninety years old, photographer, documentary maker, screenwriter is filmed by Paolo Pisanelli, photographer, director, curator of cultural events....
Quiet Chaos
Character: Mario
Pietro is a successful businessman with a wife and a daughter. One day he helps his brother save two women from drowning at the beach. When he returns home he finds that his wife has died. Now Pietro has to take care of his daughter, Claudia. When he drives her to school soon after, he decides to wait for her all day in front of the school, and soon that's what he does every day....
(Im)perfetti Criminali
Character: Amir
Riccardo, Amir, Pietro and Massimo, four security guards, not particularly brilliant or courageous, are bound by an indissoluble friendship. When Amir, who has a large family to support, loses his job, the other three feel called to help him at any cost. Going from a bad idea to an impromptu criminal plan, the four friends will find themselves in a whirlwind of encounters, adventures and pitfalls, but also some surprises. Because our heroes still have more than one trick up their sleeve…...
At the End of Evin
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A transsexual named Amen is optimistically planning to do gender reassignment surgery but ends up being sent to prison. Being a transsexual was hard enough in Iran for Amen, let alone the misfortune of being replaced as a murderer....
Bucharest
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A social media influencer accidentally kills a politician and gets into trouble....
Fossil
Character: Khosravi (Savaki)
Set in 70's Pre-Revolution Iran, a Musical Artist Struggles to Make a Name for Himself....
10 Days with Kiarostami
Character: Self
10 Days with Kiarostami...
The Loser Man
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Ahmad is a detective who is suspicious of the network behind a recently committed crime. When the investigation advances further, he finds out that he might be in danger too....
Until Tomorrow
Character: Mr. Mahmoudi
Student Fereshteh has to hide her illegitimate baby for one night from her parents who turn up for a surprise visit. Her friend Atefeh helps her. They embark on an odyssey through Tehran during which they must carefully weigh up who their allies are....
Last Minute Marocco
Character: Zin Krisha
Guided by the spirit of adventure and desire to escape, a group of Italian boys decide to leave secretly for Morocco, soon followed by one of their apprensive parents....
The Past
Character: Shahryar
After four years apart, Ahmad returns to his wife Marie in Paris in order to progress their divorce. During his brief stay, he cannot help noticing the strained relationship between Marie and her daughter Lucie. As he attempts to improve matters between mother and daughter Ahmad unwittingly lifts the lid on a long buried secret......
Lawless City
Character: Salar
It tells the story of a brother and sister named "Parviz" and "Swallow" who earn their living by robbing rich families....
Terrestrial Verses
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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. Progressing along a rough timeline from birth to death, each story is shot in a static camera angle as a single petitio...
Set Me Free
Character: Naeb
Hatef and Hatem are two brothers from a famous family that get involved in a complicated romantic situation, the exit of which may lead them to strange borders of love and hate...
Visiting Time
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A man who has been through a really bitter experience in his life is thinking of joining his family who has recently immigrated, but before that he must catch up on some things like renting out his home, selling the car and etc. , but his problem is something else....
The Wastetown
Character: Mohandes
Bemani has spent ten years in jail for killing her husband. Her child was taken away in prison and allegedly given to her husband’s family. Temporarily released, she immediately starts looking for her son. Bemani goes to the car demolition workshop where Ebi, her brother-in-law, works, but he claims not to know anything about the boy’s fate. She finds out, however, that it was Ebi who sold the child to a rich family. Bemani tries to extract more information from the workers of the demolition sho...
Odyssey of Solitude
Character: Victor
Ahmad is a psychiatrist, believing in the treatment of the soul with the medicine in a positivistic and laboratorial way. But when his wife goes missing, he gets involved in his own delusions. Trying hard to find a trace of her, he goes to all of his friends. He desperately tries to act as a very democratic person, giving priority to his wife’s joy and pleasures. He is even willing to show that he would be happy if his wife marries one of his friends since he thinks the other one would be able t...
A Separation
Character: Interrogator
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease....
Vanished
Character: The old man
A young couple who live in an old house, notice a car outside, that keeps parking in front of their property and suspiciously stares at it.....
No Where No Body
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A young couple need easy money. A few friends join them to plan a kidnap, but nothing goes right when some of them go after revenge and betray each other....
Muncher
Character: Laborer
Muncher is set in an industrial workplace, where a creature has created problems for the workers and the employer alike....
The Salesman
Character: Babak
Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life....
Fish & Cat
Character: Babak
A group of students travel to a remote region to participate in a kite-flying event. Next to their camp by the lakeside, they find a restaurant with cooks that treat the students with suspicion. Bizarre events lead to a complicated situation, from which the students cannot escape....
A Wedding
Character: Mansoor Kazim
Zahira, 18, is close to her family until her parents ask her to follow Pakistani tradition to choose a husband. Torn between family customs and her western lifestyle, the young woman turns for help to her brother and confidant Amir....
Ex
Character: Collega dottore
Six people struggling with their relationship, or lack thereof, cross paths with their respective exes — and discover they might still harbor feelings for each other....
The Last Prosecco
Character: Zio Cyrus
The suicide of a prominent wine producer unleashes a series of mysterious murders....
Invasion
Character: Babak
Someone’s been murdered and the police is investigating in a stadium, the crime spot. They have arrested the murder suspect and they just try to find out the murdering procedure, however, it is quite complicated and the friends of the murdered person are not to be very collaborative....
Gaze
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On her way back from work, a woman witnesses something happening in the bus. She must decide if she will reveal it or not....
The Role
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A woman accompanies her husband for an audition. The thing that happens there leads her for an important decision......
The Girl's House
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Tomorrow is Samira's wedding ceremony and Bahar and Parisa are shopping excitedly. But at night somebody calls and tells them that the bride is dead and the wedding has been called off. They are both shocked and they cannot believe what they have heard, so they go straight to their friend's fiancé, Mansoor, to find out about the cause of her suspicious death....
Delay
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A man and his two children are late for their flight. While they wait for the next flight something happens that changes his point of view about being a father....
Yalda
Character: Ayat
Maryam accidentally killed her husband Nasser and is sentenced to death. The only person who can save her is Mona, Nasser's daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a TV show and forgive Maryam. But forgiveness proves difficult when they are forced to relive the past....
Careless Crime
Character: Mohsen
During the uprising to overthrow the Shah's regime in Iran, protestors set fire to movie theatres to protest Western culture. Forty years later, four people decide to re-create the past by burning down a theatre....
The Life Ahead
Character: Mr. Hamil
In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her....
Cinema Shahre Gheseh
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David, a movie-maker who loves filmmaking, falls in love with a girl whose father is a staunch opponent of cinema....
Death of the Fish
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An old woman's death brings her children together so maybe family's wounds will be healed during this unwanted confrontation....
Invasion To Interpretation
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"Invasion To Interpretation" is the title of the performance lecturer that Nasim Ahmadpour performed in 2018 during the Fajr International Theater Festival in the off-stage section and in the conference hall. This video has been designed on the sidelines of the making and showing of the film "Invasion" Directed by Shahram Mokri....
Timo's Winter
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Timo, the youngest of a Greek community of Funfair workers, will have to face the hardest winter together with his loved ones....
Bad Habits Die Hard
Character: Barbone
Diana Liviatani is joined in her family house by her almost new boyfriend, Orlando who is going to meet her scary parents. Due to his insecure, clumsy and embarrassing personality, Orlando insists that his best friend Biagio goes along with him. The social gap between the two friends and the Liviatani family is obvious from the start. The Liviatani have been part of the high business class for generations. The misadventures and the personal problems distract the two unfortunate friends from the ...
Free - Liberi
Character: Antonio
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Without Anything
Character: Doctor
A remote village has not had a previous boom for years. Residents have either been forced to migrate or are in poverty and misery, but the village has a new guest. But the village has a new......
No Choice
Character: Karim
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....
Zeros and Ones
Character: Mullah
Called to Rome to stop an imminent terrorist bombing, a soldier desperately seeks news of his imprisoned brother — a rebel with knowledge that could thwart the attack. Navigating the capital's darkened streets, he races to a series of ominous encounters to keep the Vatican from being blown to bits....
The Lion Skin
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Naeem, who has endured 15 years in prison for his daughter's love, faces a major crisis after his release to see her....
Silent City
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Synopsis: Bamani spent 10 years in prison for murdering her husband, and her child was given to her husband's family. Temporarily freed, he immediately searches for his son and goes to the car scrapping shop where his brother-in-law Abby works, but he claims to know nothing of his son's fate......