The May Lady
6.4
Forough Kia is a film-maker who got divorced from her husband many years ago and now is living with her son Maani. She decides to make a documentary about perfect mothers. In order to do so she meets many mothers to chose the perfect mother among them. She finally decides to quit making this film because of tiredness but doctor Rahbar wants her to continue. Maani is teasing her every day preventing her from marrying doctor Rahbar but she finally decides that she wants to marry him.
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Cast
16 people
Minoo Farshchi
Forugh Kia
Mani Kasraian
Mani
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Rakhshan Banietemad
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Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses
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Mehri Shirazi
Jahangir Kosari
Golab Adine
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Mum's Guest
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Parviz Abnar
Alireza Raisian
Atefeh Razavi
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Tasian
Nargess
Hossein Jafarian
Nayereh Farahani
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Leila's Brothers
Amir Esbati
Rakhshan Banietemad Director · Hossein Jafarian Cinematographer Mostafa Kherghehpoosh Editor
United States release October 1, 2004 · Produced in Iran · Production Tose'eh Film Iran
Production
Iranian Independents
Production · Distribution
Tose'eh Film Iran
Production
Iran
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Languages
Original title
بانوی اردیبهشت
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
Iran · February 1, 1998
Premiere · Fajr Film Festival
United States · October 1, 2004
Chicago International Film Festival
Canada
August 24, 1998 · Premiere · Montréal International Film Festival
Egypt
December 1, 1998 · Cairo International Film Festival
Estonia
November 1, 2000 · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
India
October 1, 2001 · Mumbai Film Festival
Netherlands
February 1, 1999 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
South Korea
October 10, 1998 · Premiere · Pusan International Film Festival
Sweden
January 29, 1999 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
Türkiye
April 17, 1999 · Istanbul Film Festival
United Kingdom
April 19, 2008 · Cinema '68
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