The Lady

1992 1h 55m FA

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 3

Drama

Synopsis

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Maryam Banoo, a depressed wealthy woman, finds out that her husband is having an affair with another woman. Her husband leaves the house after Maryam Banoo understands the truth. Maryam feels lonely and, by accident, she finds a poor worker and his pregnant wife who are homeless and need a warm place and some treatments for the wife. Maryam Banoo helps them by inviting them to her house and entertaining them with several kinds of food and drinks. The husband and wife invite some other members of their family to Banoo's house and they start to steal Banoo's expensive furniture and bothering her with their bad behavior. Finally Maryam's husband comes back from the trip and throws the poor people out. He admits that he is sorry about his affair but Maryam doesn't accept it and moves to an unknown place to live in peace. Her husband goes after her.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ezzatollah Entezami
Ghorban Salar
Bita Farrahi
Banoo
Khosro Shakibai
Mahmud
Gohar Kheyrandish
Hajar
Ferdous Kaviani
Sima Tirandaz
Hamide Kheyrabadi
Mrs. Shamsi
Fathali Oveisi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Dariush Mehrjui
Languages: Persian
Countries: Iran

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ERA

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34 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Hassan Hassandoust shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Ezzatollah Entezami and Bita Farrahi and Khosro Shakibai carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0103746 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Dariush Mehrjui directs. Hassan Hassandoust cuts. Produced in Iran. Dialogue in Persian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

134 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Editor Hassan Hassandoust shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Ezzatollah Entezami and Bita Farrahi and Khosro Shakibai carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0103746 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.