The Mare (1986)
Synopsis
Noted Iranian actress Susan Taslimi plays an impoverished single mother who agees to marry off her 13-year-old daughter to a middle-aged man in return for a mare, which will help her earn an income and provide for her younger children. Director Ali Zhekan paints a stark picture of poverty and patriarchy in rural Iran (the mother stores her rice in a container hidden in a tree; her brother, who brokered the wedding, mercilessly beats the recalcitrant child), but this 1986 film is distinguished mostly by Taslimi's increasingly fiery performance as the mother decides to defend her daughter's freedom.
Release Date: 1986-01-01
Runtime: 108 minutes
Director: Ali Zhekan
Top Cast
- Susan Taslimi as Rezvaneh
- Hossein Mahjoub as Rahmat
- Firouz Behjat-Mohamadi as Ghodrat
- Ataollah Zahed as Nooragha
- Farhad Khanmohammadi as Aghbay
- Maliheh Nazari as Halimeh
- Mojilong Danespooy as Golbooteh
- Parvin Hazrati as Robabeh
- Parviz Shahinkhou as Bagher
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