Honarpisheh
Directed byMohsen Makhmalbaf
Written byG. Dordi
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Produced byYasmine Nour
StarringAkbar Abdi
Fatemah Motamed-Aria
Mahaya Petrossian
CinematographyAziz Sa'ati
Edited byMohsen Makhmalbaf
Music byAhmad Pezhman
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
CountryIran
LanguagePersian

Actor (Persian: هنرپیشه, romanized: 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.


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