''Sheida'' is a 1999 film by the

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

director

Kamal Tabrizi Kamal Tabrizi ( fa, کمال تبریزی, born 28 October 1959) is an Iranian film director. He was born in Tehran, with his parents having moved there from Tabriz. A newly released picture shows that he was as a photographer and reporter among ...

. It was scripted by Reza Maghsoodi and lensed by

Mohammad Aladpoush Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monoth ...

Leila Hatami Leila Hatami ( fa, لیلا حاتمی; born October 1, 1972) is an Iranian actress. She has received numerous accolades, including a Silver Bear, two Crystal Simorghs, two Hafez Awards, two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and three Iran's Film ...

Parsa Pirouzfar Parsa Pirouzfar ( fa, پارسا پیروزفر, born 13 September 1972) is an Iranian actor, theatre director, painter, playwright and translator. He is best known for his acting in '' In the Eyes of the Wind'' (2009–2010) and '' Mum's Guest'' ...

and

Behzad Farahani Behzad Farahani ( fa, بهزاد فراهانی; born ) is an Iranian actor and screenwriter. He is the father of actresses Shaghayegh Farahani and Golshifteh Farahani. Early and personal life Farahani was born in Arak, Iran. He is married to st ...

starred in the film. Set in the context of the Iran-Iraq war, ''Sheida'' is an example of the Sacred Defence genre of

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Cast

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'', ...

* Gohar Kheirandish *

Kamand Amirsoleimani Komand ( fa, كمند, also Romanized as Kamand) is a village in Poshtkuh Rural District, in the Central District of Firuzkuh County, Tehran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, ...

* Nadia Deldargolchin

References

{{reflist Iran–Iraq War films Iranian war films Films directed by Kamal Tabrizi