Actor (film)

Honarpisheh

Directed by	Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Produced by	Yasmine Nour
Written by	G. Dordi Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Starring	Akbar Abdi Fatemah Motamed-Aria Mahaya Petrossian
Music by	Ahmad Pezhman
Cinematography	Aziz Sa'ati
Edited by	Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Release dates	1993 (1993)
Country	Iran
Language	Persian

Actor (Persian: هنرپیشه ‎‎, Honarpisheh) is a 1993 Iranian film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The film features Akbar Abdi as Akbar, Fatemeh Motamed-Aria as his wife, Simin, and Mahaya Petrosian as the gypsy girl. The film is a combination of fiction and reality since the leading character has the same name and occupation as the actor who portrays the role, while the details and events are fictional.

Plot

An Iranian actor named Akbar is trying to become a serious actor instead of the clown everyone considers him to be. However financial problems force him to abandon his dream of being an artistic actor. He also has to deal with his family problems and his wife's inability to become pregnant.

External links

Honarpisheh at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Boycott
The Street Vendor
The Cyclist
The Peddler
The Marriage of the Blessed
Time of Love
The Nights of Zayande-rood
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Actor
Hello Cinema
Gabbeh
A Moment of Innocence
The Silence
Tales of Kish
Test of Democracy
Kandahar
The Afghan Alphabet
Monday Market
Colder Than Fire
Sex & Philosophy
Chair
Poet of Wastes
Scream of the Ants
The Man Who Came with the Snow
The Gardener

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