Parvaneh Massoumi

Parvaneh Massoumi

Born: March 1, 1945
Died: November 27, 2023
in Tehran, Iran
Parvaneh Massoumi is an actress and production designer, known for Golhaye Davoudi (1985), Mosafere rey (2001) and Gharibeh Va Meh (1976)

Movies for Parvaneh Massoumi...

Women According to Men
Title: Women According to Men
Released: April 16, 2023
Type: Movie
Before the Islamic Revolution in Iran, women's lives were strongly determined by two contradictory factors: the traditional patriarchy and the shah's modernisation policies. This film-excerpt collage starts in 1932 – the year the first Iranian film with sound was made – and ends in 1979 revealing how, during this period, women were depicted by generally male film directors.
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Pure White
Title: Pure White
Character: Self
Released: February 25, 2022
Type: Movie
This documentary movie explores the professional life of Parviz Fanizadeh, Iranian actor of the 60s and 70s cinema and theater, with investigating through archival footage of his works and referring to his fellow artists.
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Reverse
Title: Reverse
Released: January 30, 2019
Type: Movie
"Reverse" is the story of a boy named Salar who, along with his friend, has a mobile outfit and repairs old cars. He faces an identity crisis and has many questions in his mind until after his father's years. The father calls the boy to the address.
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Janaan
Title: Janaan
Character: Mehrangiz
Released: January 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Janan is a film directed by Kamran Qadakchian, written by Farhad Tohidi and produced by Mohammad Najibi, produced in 1397. This film has been screened in Iranian cinemas since August 7, 2009.
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Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
Title: Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 2016
Type: Movie
An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 revolution, featuring myriad interviews and rare film clips.
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Title: Prophet Joseph
Released: August 22, 2009
Type: TV
This story basically follows the most important happenings in Prophet Josephs life, from the view of muslims. The most important happenings are: 1. his travel to egypt 2. his rise and growing up in Egypt 3. his life problems when his "owner" Zuleikha falls in love with him and wants him to return the love to him. 4. his stay in prison, and how he reforms the prisoners. 5. his return by the side of the Pharao. 6. his uprising to the side of the pharao as his advisor. 7. his brothers coming to egypt, and how he decides to make them regret their mistakes so they can receive forgivness, and peace. 8. his reunion with his family after more than 20 years.
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Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Title: Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Character: Atieh
Released: February 1, 1992
Type: Movie
The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically transported back in time from the early twentieth century to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah in 19th century Iran. Captured by the Shah's guards, he shows films from the history of Iranian cinema to the Shah. The Shah is entranced and eagerly shows his family the apparently magical medium.
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The Suitcase
Title: The Suitcase
Released: April 1, 1988
Type: Movie
On a road trip to the north the members of the family find a suitcase. They want to open it but the head of the family is not allowing them. This marks the beginning of the adventures for them in the rest of their trip.
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Captain Khorshid
Title: Captain Khorshid
Character: Khorshid's wife
Released: March 2, 1987
Type: Movie
Captain Khorshid is a sailor who although only having one hand, manages to sail his little boat. In his village, due to its hot climate and hard living conditions, dangerous criminals are sent into exile. They want to escape from the area, so they ask a middleman to strike a deal with Khorshid. Khorshid is asked to illegally take them out of the country with his boat. At first he is reluctant, but because of the hardships of living he accepts the job.
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Search the City
Title: Search the City
Released: April 1, 1986
Type: Movie
A woman emigrates abroad after the Iranian revolution. Four years later she returns to the country to find her husband and children.
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Off-Limits
Title: Off-Limits
Released: February 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Mohammad Javad Halimi is a simple government's employer who manages after years to buy a house for himself outside the city's limits. But in the second night in his new house a thief is coming to his house. He manages to catch the thief but delivering him to the authorities is another story.
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Chrysanthemum
Title: Chrysanthemum
Released: August 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Abbas is set to be released after 20 years in prison But on the day of his release, Abbas dies.Abbas's wife could not give the news to her blind child.
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Tatooreh
Title: Tatooreh
Released: August 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Gorgo saves a drunk American from the sea and takes him back to his home where he lives with his wife. The drunk American, Rep, tries to rape Gorgo's wife after he gets sober and thus is thrown out of the house and beat up. Gorgo is bankrupt now and has to work in a Road Construction company, where Rep also works as one of the main engineers. The story goes on with a series of unfortunate events consisting of death and rebellion and false accusations...
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The Raven
Title: The Raven
Character: Assieh
Released: October 25, 1978
Type: Movie
When Mr. Esalat is looking for a topic for his TV show, he notices an advertisement in the newspaper about a missing girl. The picture of the missing girl is very familiar to him and he tries to remember where he saw it before. His wife Asieh is a teacher and at home she writes his mother's diary. When he searches for the address in that advertisement, he finds that it belongs to 30 years ago. Asieh is becoming interested in the missing girl too.
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Stranger and the Fog
Title: Stranger and the Fog
Character: Rana
Released: October 18, 1976
Type: Movie
A young man, suffering from loss of memory, drifts in on a canoe onto the shore of the Persian Gulf. He falls in love with a beautiful village woman and settles down, until strangers come from the sea.
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Bita
Title: Bita
Released: August 21, 1972
Type: Movie
Hajir Darioush's first and last commercially successful film, "Bita" is about a young woman's struggle to come to terms with social barriers facing her, starring Googoosh.
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Downpour
Title: Downpour
Character: Atefeh
Released: July 8, 1972
Type: Movie
A well educated and humble teacher arrives in a new city and at a new job in the pre-revolutionary Iran. He falls in love with a hardworking underprivileged young woman that nurses her very old mother and raises her young brother. In an environment where commitments and social problems often stand in the way between people and their dreams.
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Journey
Title: Journey
Released: January 2, 1972
Type: Movie
The story is about two poor boys’ search for their father through a Journey from downtown to uptown. Two hungry boys are forced to move through the events, people and unrealistic and risky places in a nightmarish way. A daily journey in search of their lost identity and worth!
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The City of Tales
Title: The City of Tales
Character: Storyteller
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Shahr-e ghesse is perhaps the most popular of all Persian plays, was written in traditional rhythmic style that resulted in a kind of musical drama. Although it seems at first glance to have been written for children, its main audience, it is in fact a parable about contemporary socio political issues.