Shirin
2008 · 92 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 2,922 VOTES · DIR. Abbas Kiarostami
Overview
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle East -- remains invisible to the viewer of the film, the whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.
Dialogue Timeline — 782 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:13 SHIRIN
00:06:02 A piece of wood.
00:08:16 Here it comes again!
00:11:47 would be a lullaby sung by a motherly voice.
00:14:05 At sunrise I will get Shabdiz ready for you.
00:18:08 The magus told me my destiny awaits me.
00:22:46 Majesty...
00:25:56 And today you are Khosrow's messenger?
00:30:13 Ferocious fighters, better than our indolent soldiers.
00:33:26 It is a long road, but we will shorten it with a few passionate stories.
00:39:10 I am burning with love and you evade me.
00:43:44 to people who deserve a better life.
00:47:29 Love whispers?
00:49:49 Not straight towards love, but to its neighbourhood
00:53:57 The one I know is a master of geometry.
00:56:32 Here it is. Shall we spray it on his face?
00:59:58 Those mountains were carved by love and not by your hands!
01:02:44 All the sky has to offer
01:06:12 lf only this horse would stay calm...
01:09:18 wandering around town and leaving the passers-by astonished?
01:13:40 Alas, Iran did not offer her a wedding, but a funeral.
01:19:40 which, on waking, would turn into horrible nightmares.
01:22:22 Khosrow!
01:25:40 Or for the Shirin that hides in each one of you?
Cast & Characters
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
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed782
Dialogue density8.5 lines / min
First line00:01:13
Final line01:25:40
Production Record
DirectorAbbas Kiarostami
LanguagePersian
IMDb votes2,922