Shirin

Shirin (2008)

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Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami directed this experimental feature in which, in the truest sense, the audience is the star. Shirin was shot during a performance of a play based on Farrideh Golbou's narrative poem Khosrow e Shirin, a love story in which an artist and an emperor both… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Jun 26, 2009 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A unique movie viewing experience.

  • Christopher Long, Movie Metropolis

    (Kiarostami) studies the roadmap of the face, faces of women both young and old, faces framed by head scarves that are limned by the flickering light of the faux movie screen.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    The melodramatic, passionate "Shirin" story drives everything forward, and gazing at the faces of these amazing women can be a compelling experience in itself.

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