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Leila Dariush Mehrjui An affluent and attractive Iranian couple has their new marriage disturbed by tradition when the wife discovers she can't conceive. Her meddlesome mother-in-law convinces the upset young woman that her husband must take a second wife in order to produce an heir. The wife agrees to assist in the search for a mate for her husband, carrying her tormented emotions with her as the nature of the couple's relationship is forever altered. "...a subtle and ultimately devastating exploration of love's perversity" (Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix). Videocassette and DVD in Persian with English subtitles; Iran, 1996, 129 mins. DVD | $44.95
Banoo (The Lady) Dariush Mehrjui Dariush Mehrjui (The Cow, The Cycle) directs this claustrophobic film about a woman living a solitary life while her husband is away. Her life turns around when she finds out that her husband is having an affair. Newly liberated, she begins to experience life for the first time. In Farsi with English subtitles. Iran, 1992, 113 mins. DVD | $44.95
The Cow (Gaav) Dariush Mehrjui A fascinating glimpse into the rural life of the Iranian people, The Cow is a beautiful and simplistic drama about a small village whose livelihood depends on one cow, who is cherished by the villagers and its owner, Hassan. When the cow dies, the grief stricken Hassan begins to believe that he is the bovine. The film won great acclaimed at the 1971 Venice Film Festival after being smuggled out of the country for exhibition. The DVD includes an interview with Dariush Mehrjui, film notes by Godfrey Cheshire, a biography on Mehrjui and a photo gallery. In Farsi with English subtitles. Iran, 1971, 100 mins. DVD | $44.95
Hamoun Dariush Mehrjui Dariush Mehrjui's bold Hamoun not only made it past that country's censors, it was widely shown in Tehran and emerged as one of the year's most popular films, winning six Iranian film awards. A well-to-do Tehran painter (Bita Farrahi), suffering from the seven-year-itch, has an affair with a patron and tells her Western-educated psychiatrist that she wants a divorce and complains bitterly about the Iranian government's treatment of women. Her despondent philosopher husband (Khosro Shakibai), accused of beating his wife, has a breakdown and seeks comfort from his grandmother, and both agree that religion is a fraud. DVD includes film notes by Godfrey Cheshire, a director's biography, a photo gallery and an Iranian trailer gallery. In Farsi with English subtitles. Iran, 1989, 107 mins. DVD | $44.95
The Pear Tree Dariush Mehrjui Mahmud, a middle-aged poet and writer, travels to his birth place in the Bagh Damavand to write a book The pear tree in the garden reminds Mahmud of his childhood and youth, while the od and nagging gardener keeps reminding Mahmud of the bitter fact that all trees in the garden have borne fruit, with the exception of the pear tree. But the writer's attention is directed to other aspects of life, beyond such daily occurrences on the earth. The pear tree takes him back to his childhood years, and to his life and finally he discovers the secret of the tree's silence. Iran, 1998, 90 mins. DVD | $37.95
