Majid Majidi
Date of Birth: 17 Apr 1959
Country: Iran
Biography: Majid Majidi was born on April 17, 1959 in Tehran, Iran to a middle class family. He started acting in amateur theater groups at the age of fourteen. After receiving his high school diploma, he started studying art at the Institute of Dramatic Art in Tehran. After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, his interest in cinema brought him to act in various films, notably Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Baykot (1985) where he played a frustraited communist and Ali Azghar Shadaravan's Teer baran (1986) where he played
Total Credits at Criticker: 3 (Actor), 10 (Director), 10 (Writer)
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Mohammad, a boy at Tehran's institute for the blind, waits for his dad to pick him up for summer vacation. While waiting, he realizes a baby bird has fallen from its nest: he chases away a cat, finds the bird, climbs a tree, and puts it back. His father finally comes and takes him to their village where his sisters and granny await... (imdb)
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Blind since childhood, Youssef has a devoted wife, loving daughter, and successful university
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pretty student begins to eclipse his dowdy, previously invisible wife... (New Yorker Films)
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12-year-old Ali and his three friends.Together they work hard to survive and support their families. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find hidden treasure underground. (imdb)