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UK Cinema Release Date:

Friday 26th June 2009

Directed by:

Abbas Kiarostami

Produced by:

Abbas Kiarostami, Hamideh Razavi

Starring:

Niki Karimi, Juliette Binoche, Taraneh Alidoosti, Mahnaz Afshar, Golshifteh Farahani

Genre:

Drama

Language:

Persian

Runtime:

1 hour 31 minutes (approx.)

Movie Synopsis:

A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle East -- remains invisible to the viewer of the film, the whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.

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Shirin Cast

Niki Karimi

Date of Birth:

10 November 1971

Real Name:

Unknown

Height:

Unknown

Juliette Binoche

Date of Birth:

9 March 1964

Real Name:

Unknown

Nickname:

La Binoche

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)

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Taraneh Alidoosti

Date of Birth:

12 January 1984

Real Name:

Unknown

Height:

5' 6¼" (1.68 m)

Mahnaz Afshar

Date of Birth:

11 June 1977

Real Name:

Unknown

Height:

Unknown

Golshifteh Farahani

Date of Birth:

10 July 1983

Real Name:

Unknown

Height:

5' 6½" (1.69 m)

Recent/Upcoming Films:

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