Movies by Akbar Abdi

Pay Back
Ziba and three of her prison cohorts, recently released from a Tehran prison, settle in an out of town doctor's house posing as house sitters and embark on a get rich quick scheme. They plan to mug the lecherous men who give a ride to ladies waiting at street sides for a pickup, which was- and is, to some extent, now- how some prostitutes found work back in the time in Iran. The film portrays the characters as well as the social origins of these men, and as it progresses, explores the backgrounds of these women.

Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf claims to have never seen a movie before making his first film. Doubtful as it sounds, this boast matches perfectly with the controversial artist's personae. Stardust Stricken -- Mohsen Makhmalbaf: A Portrait documents the work of this Iranian filmmaker. After spending time in prison for political dissidence, Makhmalbaf discovered the social potential of the cinema. Some of his projects include Marriage of the Blessed and The Actor. While creating around 20 films, the outspoken director established new ideas about ...

Dowry's Sugar Bowl
Ata and Masoumeh are living in a rented house. Their lease time is over and they can not pay the rent added. But they like to stay and live in this house...

Scandal
A beautiful girl named Afsaneh who is living in Downtown has economic problems and her family offers to marry her to their landlord whose wife had pass away. At a night she went to a clergyman and...
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Don't Forget Your Childhood
The adventure begins with the crash of a meteor in the outskirts of a desert city. The space-rock contains a chemical substance that affects the residents in peculiar ways. Two neighboring preteens fall in love, a nerd schoolgirl creates powerful energy with pressure cooker, a young boy takes his dad's cab out to make money and a schoolboy organizes for Hajj, when they are all exposed to the substance. As a result, their parents along with the whole neighborhood go wild in the ensuing events. Ironically, the kids and the adults switch places...

The father of other

Deportees
The movie is the story of a gang of men who decide to participate in Iran-Iraq war, also known as First Gulf War, which lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. the main character, Suzuki, who is there to satisfy his beloved's father that he is worthy of marrying his daughter, goes through some moving experiences in the war and his character changes to a level that he even tries to sacrifice himself to save the others in the war. the Movie ends by his martyrdom.

Night of the Fox
Fox Night movie was made in 1996. This film is a product of the Iranian country in the genre of action and mystery genre. Mohammad Motoselani, Hossein Yaryar and Gholamhossein Lotfi have been featured in the film.

The Tenants
A satirical comedy about the oddball inhabitants of a Tehran apartment building and their landlord.

Magical Trip
Dr Reza Kamali, with the persecution and punishment of his son, Sina, wants to make him a distinguished student. One day, Sina takes refuge in her mysterious washing machine from father's fear. Someone does not believe in the perfection that comes with his child and he will be admitted to the hospital, but he rushes away and, when he escapes, goes to the hospital's washing machine.

Thief of Dolls
Leila and Bahram's mother is supposed to rescue her children from the troubles of their homeowners, home-grown, by buying a home loan and buying a home. But the hangman who lives outside the city does not want to see them calmly..