Iranian New Wave
سینمای موج نو · Iranian New Wave
The first wave began in 1969 with Dariush Mehrjui's The Cow, a realist film far from commercial cinema. After the 1979 revolution, under strict censorship, directors such as Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Jafar Panahi turned limits into a style.
They often worked with children and non-professional actors, and they blurred fiction and documentary. Consequently, in the 1990s Iranian films became regulars at the great festivals.
- Kiarostami
- Children's films
- Fiction and documentary
- Censorship
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Dariush Mehrjui 1969
Gaav
The Cow
A villager loves his cow so much that, when it dies, he starts to believe he is the cow.
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02
Abbas Kiarostami 1987
Khaneh-ye doust kodjast?
Where Is the Friend's House?
A boy crosses the hills to return a classmate's notebook before he gets punished.
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Abbas Kiarostami 1990
Nema-ye nazdik
Close-Up
Start hereA real man who pretended to be the director Makhmalbaf, with the real people re-enacting the story.
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04
Jafar Panahi 1995
Badkonak-e sefid
The White Balloon
A girl loses the money for a goldfish on the eve of the new year. Caméra d'Or at Cannes.
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05
Mohsen Makhmalbaf 1996
Gabbeh
Gabbeh
A love story woven into the colours of a nomad carpet.
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06
Abbas Kiarostami 1997
Ta'm-e gilas
Taste of Cherry
A man drives around Tehran looking for someone to bury him. Palme d'Or at Cannes.