The Mare
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.
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Cast and crew of The Mare
Ali Zhekan
Director
Hossein Mahjoub
Actor
Susan Taslimi
Actor
Firouz Behjat-Mohamadi
Actor
Parviz Shahinkhou
Actor
Farhad Khanmohammadi
Actor
Maliheh Nazari
Actor
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About The Mare
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.
Movie details
- Release year
- 1986
- Country
- Iran
- Language
- Persian
- Runtime
- 108 min
- IMDb rating
- 6.9 out of 10 (92 votes)
- Director
- Ali Zhekan