10 Iran films to watch at least once– Part 8

10 Iran films to watch at least once– Part 8

Films have the capability to usher viewers into customs and traditions of a country as well as how people in a locality think.

Focusing on the country’s social and cultural issues, Iranian Cinema has taken the limelight in many international film festivals. Read on to discover ten must-see Iranian films at least once in a lifetime.

8) ‘The Glass Agency’ (1998)

‘The Glass Agency’ is an Iranian drama film directed by Ebrahim Hatamikia.

This multiple prizewinner is the story of a war veteran living in post war Iran who takes hostage everyone in a travel agency to force the fund for a medical trip to England for one of his former men.  

Hatamikia's controversial depiction of veterans from the Iran-Iraq war stars Parviz Parastoui, Reza Kianian and Habib Rezaee.

‘The Glass Agency’ and ‘In the Name of the Father’ have won Hatamikia the best screenplay and directing awards in the 16th and 24th Fajr Film Festival, respectively.  

His works have been also on international screens: ‘The Glass Agency’ in Berlin and ‘The Red Ribbon’ in San Sebastián

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