Direction: Samira Makhmalbaf
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Samira Makhmalbaf. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 5
Direction Samira Makhmalbaf
Cast Massumeh Naderi · Zahra Naderi · Ghorbanali Naderi · Zahra Saghrisaz
Synopsis After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the first time.
7.1
655 votes
7.1
655 votes
The Blackboard
2000 · Movie · 85 min. · Iran
Direction Samira Makhmalbaf
Cast Saeid Mohammadi · Bahman Ghobadi · Mohammad Karim Rahmati · Behnaz Jaffari
6.6
492 votes
6.6
492 votes
11'09''01 - September 11
2002 · Documentary · 130 min. · France
Direction Samira Makhmalbaf · Claude Lelouch · Youssef Chahine · Danis Tanovic
Cast Ernest Borgnine · Ken Ogata · Tetsurô Tanba · Tomorô Taguchi
Synopsis A reaction piece to the United States' terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, this controversial film calls upon eleven directors from various countries to contribute 11-minute 9-second films about the event. Variously political, violent, disturbing, abstract, opinionated,... A reaction piece...
6.6
3K votes
6.6
3K votes
At Five in the Afternoon
2003 · Movie · 106 min. · Iran
Direction Samira Makhmalbaf
Cast Agheleh Rezaie · Abdolgani Yousefrazi · Razi Mohebi
Synopsis Nogreh is a young Afghani woman living with her father and her sister-in-law, Leylomah, whose husband, Akhtar, is missing. Beyond the issue of Akhtar, Leylomah is most concerned with how to feed her baby. She cannot provide milk for her...
6.4
837 votes
6.4
837 votes
Two-Legged Horse
2008 · Movie · 101 min. · Iran
Direction Samira Makhmalbaf
Cast Haron Ahad · Gol-Ghotai · Ziya Mirza Mohamad · Khojeh Nader
Synopsis In exchange for a dollar a day, a poor boy is hired to carry a wealthier lame boy around on his back like a horse and take him to and from school every day. When he carries the lame boy...
5.0
222 votes
5.0
222 votes