Noted Iranian actress Susan Taslimi plays an impoverished single mother who agees to marry off her 13-year-old daughter to a middle-aged man in return for a mare, which will help her earn an income and provide for her younger children. Director Ali Zhekan paints a stark picture of poverty and patriarchy in rural Iran (the mother stores her rice in a container hidden in a tree; her brother, who brokered the wedding, mercilessly beats the recalcitrant child), but this 1986 film is distinguished mostly by Taslimi's increasingly fiery performance as the mother decides to defend her daughter's freedom.
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Susan Taslimi
Rezvaneh
Known for
Black Crab
Hossein Mahjoub
Rahmat
Known for
The Color of Paradise
Baran
Firouz Behjat-Mohamadi
Ghodrat
Known for
The Cow
Ataollah Zahed
Nooragha
Also in
Hezar Dastan
Fish
Farhad Khanmohammadi
Aghbay
Also in
Two and a Half Men
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Maliheh Nazari
Halimeh
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The Pear Tree
Mojilong Danespooy
Golbooteh
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Parvin Hazrati
Robabeh
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Parviz Shahinkhou
Bagher
Also in
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Ali Zhekan Director · Sharif Lotfi Composer Firooz Malekzadeh Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1986 · Produced in Iran · Original title مادیان
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Iran
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Original title
مادیان
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
Iran · January 1, 1986
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No release date listed for United States.
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