In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country with access to US media, he made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a taped interview with comedian Jason Jones. The interview was intended as satire, but if the Tehran authorities got the joke they didn't like it - and it would quickly came back to haunt Bahari when he was rousted from his family home and thrown into prison.

Leila's Brothers

2022

Persian

7.9

♡ 24

86%

91%

brother brother relationship

brother sister relationship

Drama

family conflict

Saeed Roustayi Director

Navid Mohammadzadeh as Alireza

Taraneh Alidoosti as Leila

Peyman Moaadi as Manouchehr

Farhad Aslani as Parviz

At the age of 40, Leila has spent her entire life caring for her parents and four brothers. A family that is constantly arguing and under pressure from various debts in the face of sanctions against Iran. While her brothers are struggling to make ends meet, Leila makes a plan.

About Elly

2009

Persian

7.9

♡ 47

Asghar Farhadi Director

Shahab Hosseini as Ahmad

Saber Abar as Alireza

Ahmad Mehranfar as Manoochehr

Golshifteh Farahani as Sepideh

The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.

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