''Dayere Zangi'' ( Tambourine) ( fa, دایره زنگی,

romanized Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and ...

: ''Dayereh-e zangi'') is a 2008

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

ian

comedy drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple co ...

film directed by Parisa Bakhtavar and written by

Asghar Farhadi Asghar Farhadi ( fa, اصغر فرهادی, ; born 7 May 1972)Soureh Movie Database

. It was released in

during the

Nowrooz Nowruz ( fa, نوروز, ; ), zh, 诺鲁孜节, ug, نەۋروز, ka, ნოვრუზ, ku, Newroz, he, נורוז, kk, Наурыз, ky, Нооруз, mn, Наурыз, ur, نوروز, tg, Наврӯз, tr, Nevruz, tk, Nowruz, ...

holidays and was an average gross.

Story

Shirin ( Baran Kowsari), a young woman, has only one day to make a lot of money fast, in order to repair her father's car she damaged in an accident. She befriends a naive, young man named Mohammad (

Saber Abar Saber Abar ( fa, صابر اَبَر; born June 8, 1984) is an Iranian actor, director and writer. He is best known for his performance in ''About Elly'' (2008), directed by Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Academy Award-winning ...

) who tries to help her to raise the money by entering an apartment building and installing illegal satellite dishes for the diverse residents with diverging views on media — when they get into further trouble.

Cast

* Baran Kowsari *

Mehran Modiri Mehran Modiri ( fa, مهران مدیری; born 7 April 1967) is an Iranian director, producer, actor, and singer. He is considered to be the leading artist in social satire in Iran. His various series, which have been broadcast through IRIB hav ...

Mohammad Reza Sharifinia Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia ( fa, محمدرضا شریفی‌نیا, born 15 June 1955) is an Iranian actor and film producer . Early life Sharifinia was born on 15 June 1955 in Tehran, Iran. After graduating from the ''Faculty of Dramatic Arts'', ...

* Hamed Behdad

Amin Hayai Amin Hayai ( fa, امین حیایی, born June 9, 1970) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, three Hafez Awards Hafez Awards is an annual awards ceremony which is held honoring cinematic achie ...

Bahareh Rahnama Bahareh Rahnama ( fa, بهاره رهنما; born December 1, 1973) is an Iranian actress and author. She won a Hafez Award for her acting in ''Tambourine'' (2008). Early life She was born on December 1, 1973, in Arak, Iran. Her father, Jalal ...

* Omid Rohani * Gohar Kheirandish * Nima Shahrokh Shahi * NiloofarKhoshkholgh *

Negar Foroozandeh Negar Forouzandeh ( fa, نگار فروزنده; born 24 June 1978 in Tehran) is an Iranian actress. Career Among her many films are ''Ekhrajiha'' and ''Dayere Zangi''. She has worked with many famous Iranian directors such as Dariush Mehrjui, ...

Akram Mohammadi Akram Mohammadi ( fa, اکرم محمدی) is an Iranian actress. She was born on July 28, 1958, in Tehran. She started her professional career in theater in 1983 and after a while, she was invited to play in the movie "Mother" directed by the d ...

* Amir Noori *

Mahdi Pakdel Mehdi Pakdel ( fa, مهدی پاکدل, born 1 July 1980) is an Iranian actor. Career Mehdi Pakdel lived in his hometown until the age of 17 when he left for the capital, Tehran, to pursue a career in arts. While studying graphic arts at the Is ...

* Afarin Chitsaz * Sarina Farhadi * Soroosh Goodarzi * Kianoosh Gerami * Mohsen Ghazi Moradi * Melika Sharifinia

References

External links

* Iranian comedy-drama films 2008 films 2000s Persian-language films {{Iran-film-stub