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Best of Middle Eastern Cinema
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OsamaOsama
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Winner of 2003 Best Foreign Language Film from Afghanistan. This movie is tragic and movingly real. I loved it.
Children of HeavenChildren of Heaven
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excellent movie I never get tired of this one. It is perfect for the whole family, funny, sad, and very touching
BlackboardsBlackboards
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Its a strange but surprisingly moving story about the Kurdish people of Iran/Iraq director Samira Makhmalbaf is only 20 years old!! She has tremendous talent and is a name to watch for!
In This WorldIn This World
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In search of a better future two young Afghan boys leave their Pakistani refugee camp and travel across Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Italy, and France, to try and start a new life in London
BaranBaran
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Director Majid Majidi's look at Afghan refugees living in poverty, and working low income jobs in neighboring Iran
The Color of ParadiseThe Color of Paradise
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Director Majid Majidi's follow up to his masterful "children of heaven" falls a little short of that film but I still loved this one.
The CircleThe Circle
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a sad, touching, and often shocking look at the role of women in contemporary Iran
Secret BallotSecret Ballot
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a fascinating look at freedom in iran. Depicts the struggle to get every man and woman possible to vote after finally being able to have democratic elections again.
LeilaLeila
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a tragic story about a young Iranian woman whose inlaws encourage her husband to take a second wife after she finds she is unable to have children. Beautifully shot and wonderfully acted
Taste of Cherry - Criterion CollectionTaste of Cherry - Criterion Collection
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KandaharKandahar
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