''The Tenants'' ( fa, اجارهنشینها, italic=yes, translit=Ejāre-nešinhā; ''Ejareh-Nesheenha'') is a 1987
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
comedy film directed by
Dariush Mehrjui
Dariush Mehrju'i ( fa, داریوش مهرجویی , born 8 December 1939, also spelled as ''Mehrjui'', ''Mehrjoui'', Mehrjooi, and ''Mehrjuyi'') is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and a member of the Iranian Academy of ...
. It has been widely acclaimed as the best
Iran
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ian comedy film of the 1980s.
Plot summary
The film is about an apartment in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
and its various tenants.
Cast
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Ezzatolah Entezami
Ezzatolah Entezami ( fa, عزتالله انتظامی, 21 June 1924 – 17 August 2018) was an Iranian actor.
Career
Ezzatolah Entezami started his career on stage in 1941 and graduated from theatre and cinema school in Hanover, Germany in ...
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Hamideh Kheirabadi
Hamideh Kheirabadi ( fa, حمیده خیرآبادی; 21 December 1924 – 19 April 2010) was an Iranian film and theatre actress. She played in more than 200 feature films and in over 20 television series. In Iran, she is affectionately ref ...
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Akbar Abdi
Akbar Abdi ( fa, اکبر عبدی, born 26 August 1960) is an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including two Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.
Career
He began his career ...
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Farimah Farjami
Farimah Farjami ( fa, فریماه فرجامی, born May 8, 1952) is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh for ''The Last Act'' (1991). Her acting in films, especially in independent women's dramas, ...
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Iraj Rad
Iradj Raad ( fa, ایرج راد; born 1945, in Tehran) is an Iranian actor.
He studied theatre in FFATU and Cardiff University in Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to t ...
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Reza Rooygari
Reza Rooygari ( fa, رضا رویگری, also Romanized as "Rezā Rūygarī"; born December 27, 1946, in Shemiran, Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian singer, painter, television, theater and cinema actor. He was known for his role in Iranian famous ser ...
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Siavosh Tahmoures Siavosh ( fa, سياوش, link=no) may refer to:
* Siavosh, Ardabil
* Siavosh, Lorestan
* Siavosh, Tarighi
* Siyâvash
Siyâvash ( fa, سیاوش, via Middle Persian Siyâwaxš, from Avestan Syâvaršan) or Siyâvoš or Siavash ( fa, سياو ...
*
Hossein Sarshar
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The Lodgers on the Soureh Cinema
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References
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1987 films
1980s Persian-language films
1987 comedy-drama films
Films set in Iran
Iranian comedy-drama films
Films directed by Dariush Mehrjui
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