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One of Kiarostami’s most daring formal experiments turns the
camera on the audience. Set entirely in a movie theater showing
an adaptation of a twelfth-century poem by Nezami Ganjavi—
never actually glimpsed but heard throughout—Shirin surveys in
a succession of close-ups the reactions of those raptly watching
the tragic love story, an audience made up of more than 110
actresses, including Juliette Binoche (who would later star in
Kiarostami’s 2010 film Certified Copy). The result is a masterful
study of spectatorship and the affective power of cinema.
Original Release
01/20/2008
US Release
01/20/2008
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mahnaz Afshar | Woman in audience |
| Pegah Ahangarani | Woman in audience |
| Taraneh Alidoosti | Woman in audience |
| Zar Amir Ebrahimi | Woman in audience |
| Kamand Amirsoleimani | Woman in audience |
| Khatereh Asadi | Woman in audience |
| Vishka Asayesh | Woman in audience |
| Darya Ashoori | Woman in audience |
| Ra'na Azadivar | Woman in audience |
| Pantea Bahram | Woman in audience |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mahnaz Afshar | Woman in audience |
| Pegah Ahangarani | Woman in audience |
| Taraneh Alidoosti | Woman in audience |
| Zar Amir Ebrahimi | Woman in audience |
| Kamand Amirsoleimani | Woman in audience |
| Khatereh Asadi | Woman in audience |
| Vishka Asayesh | Woman in audience |
| Darya Ashoori | Woman in audience |
| Ra'na Azadivar | Woman in audience |
| Pantea Bahram | Woman in audience |
| Pouri Baneai | Woman in audience |
| Afsaneh Bayegan | Woman in audience |
| Shirin Bina | Woman in audience |
| Juliette Binoche | Woman in Audience |
| Afsaneh Chehreh Azad | Woman in audience |
| Shaghayegh Dehghan | Woman in audience |
| Sahar Dolatshahi | Woman in audience |
| Homayoun Ershadi | Man in audience |
| Khatereh Eskandari | Woman in audience |
| Setareh Eskandari | Woman in audience |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Abbas Kiarostami | Producer |
| Hamideh Razavi | Producer |
Editors
