The Mare

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.

Main Cast

Susan Taslimi

Rezvaneh

Age : 74 | Popularity : 9%

Hossein Mahjoub

Rahmat

Age : 75 | Popularity : 4%

Firouz Behjat-Mohamadi

Ghodrat

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ataollah Zahed

Nooragha

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Farhad Khanmohammadi

Aghbay

Age : 63 | Popularity : 3%

Maliheh Nazari

Halimeh

Age : 75 | Popularity : 3%

Parviz Shahinkhou

Bagher

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Firooz Malekzadeh
Directing	Director	Ali Zhekan
Writing	Writer	Ali Zhekan
Sound	Original Music Composer	Sharif Lotfi
Department	Role	Name

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