Homayoun Ershadi
Series
Criterion collection volume 45
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Muslim man drives around Tehran to find someone who will bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.
Publisher
Mk2 Films
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A tale of one middle-aged man who wishes to die in a society where suicide is considered as an abomination. Driving in the hills above Tehran, he meets an assortment of different characters : Afghans, Kurds, Turks, prisoners of the desert, a soldier, a seminary student and a museum employee, each with reasons to turn down the job : fear, religious scruples and humanist revulsion at a life wilfully squandered.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It's a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day's victory, one boy's fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after twenty years of living in America, Amir returns...
5) Agora
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young slave in ancient Egypt must choose between joining the Christianity movement, which will give him freedom, and the woman he loves, who is his master and an atheist.