Ali Asgari Movies

A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under...

After the of premiere of his film Terrestrial Verses (co-directed by Alireza Khatami) in Cannes, Ali Asgari was banned from traveling by the Iranian...

A veiled 16 year old Iranian teenager is terrified to take her red suitcase from the carosel at the Luxembourg Airport, and go through the exit...

Fatma and her mother are Kurdish refugees living in Italy. One day at the hospital, Fatma learns her mother has breast cancer.

Student Fereshteh has to hide her illegitimate baby for one night from her parents who turn up for a surprise visit. Her friend Atefeh helps her....

On her way back from work, a woman witnesses something happening in the bus. She must decide if she will reveal it or not.

A mother helps an elderly woman in a shopping mall in Tehran. A tragedy occurs, brutally confronting her with the impact of her actions.

During a dramatic night, two young lovers run from hospital to hospital seeking for an help for some complications after their first time. They'll...

A woman suffers complications after having sex. Her partner takes her to the hospital, but getting help proves to be difficult.

We all live on the same planet, under one sun which nurtures and renews our unique and common hopes for the future. No matter how much we differ from...

The film is set around three protagonists. Two run a gas station on the outskirts of town, on a road that gets next to no traffic anymore, and so...

Young Fatima holds a secret that could change her fate; she must place her trust in a doctor to make a tough decision between cultural tradition and...

Two little brothers leave their village to find their mother in Istanbul without their father's knowledge.

A man falls from a balcony onto the sidewalk below. A crowd gathers and an ambulance is called, but no one knows why he fell.

A woman accompanies her husband for an audition. The thing that happens there leads her for an important decision...

Narges and her friend have just a few hours to find someone to take care of her baby.

As Ahu attempts to overcome insomnia in her new apartment, her life becomes increasingly entangled with her troubled neighbour.

The tale of two lonely misfits struggling to survive in the asphalt jungle.

Sina a 13-year-old kid has been in jail for stealing and hitting the shop owner. He alongside with a social worker go to the owner to talk but the...