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ilanbg
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 Message 1 of 11
15 July 2010 at 11:35pm | IP Logged 
Hello,

I'm looking for movies in Persian/Farsi to aid my listening comprehension (and personal pronunciation). Does
anyone have any suggestions?

I'm not picky about genres; but ideally, it would be a dialogue-driven movie (e.g. not an action movie) that doesn't
rely too heavily on slang or unusual jargon.

Thank you!
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Tenebrarum
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 Message 2 of 11
16 July 2010 at 5:14am | IP Logged 
Abbas Kiarostami is, as far as I know, one of the more well-known Iranian directors. I
love his films *Taste of Cherry as well as **Ten. You'll find that
Ten is very dialogue driven seeing as how there is only one type of shot in the
film and we listen to a few characters' thoughts/stories. A film like Taste of
Cherry
will bore many viewers, but hopefully you'll get something out of it :).
Also very good is ***Baran (different director).

I don't have any real knowledge of Persian/Farsi so I'm unsure about slang and whatnot,
but they should be okay. Sorry I know this isn't much!      

* http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120265/
** http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301978/
*** http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233841/              
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dolly
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16 July 2010 at 5:36am | IP Logged 
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Tyr
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 Message 5 of 11
16 July 2010 at 10:20pm | IP Logged 
I've no clue about good ones for language but Persian language films I like-

The Kite Runner is a good Afghan film which IIRC is part in Farsi, part in English- could be in some weird dialect though, my Persian friends can definitely understand it though. Its about a guy who leaves Afghanistan as a kid with the Soviet invasion but then has to return there on a private undercover mission whilst the Taliban rule. Really nice drama.

Offside is a good Iranian film. About a girl who tries to sneak into a football match in Iran. Which is of course illegal. As a result most of the film takes place over the course of a football match in a holding pen for women. Sounds crap but actually rather funny.



Edited by Tyr on 16 July 2010 at 10:22pm

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cordelia0507
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17 July 2010 at 1:53am | IP Logged 
There are plenty great Iranian films available on AsianDVD.
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ilanbg
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 Message 7 of 11
17 July 2010 at 8:46am | IP Logged 
Thank you all for your suggestions. I will be sure to look at all of these.

I'm open to more recommendations! As I'm sure is anyone else who would benefit from such recommendations.
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azadeh
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17 September 2010 at 8:06am | IP Logged 
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