Iranian Film Society.

Reza is a well-meaning young man who suffers from mental problems. Whiling away the hours working in a bridal shop, Reza finds it difficult to make friends in the human world, so he divides his time between talking to the mannequins in the shop and communicating with his dead mother, whom he visits every day in the local cemetery. Reza's life is irrevocably changed when he falls hopelessly in love with a bride-to-be who visits the shop.

Desiring to become a U.S. citizen, a desperate young man dresses as a woman, with the hope of marrying an American man. How long will it take before his secret is discovered?

The lives and dreams of two young couples intertwine after a fateful close encounter.

"Born under Libra" is a romantic drama of youthful unrest and an allegory for Iran's ongoing political turmoil, involving young people struggling to reconcile progressive attitudes with strict religious traditions of an older generation.

On any given day a variety of travelers take the road from Tehran to northern Iraq. On this particular day, four carloads of people take the same road for different reasons. While they don't know each other, their conversations have much in common.

"A man and woman, who have long wished to be married, have had to prolong their engagement for over twenty years because of their families' fervent opposition to their union. Repeated wedding arrangements have led to such severe fights between the two families that the harried couple finally decides to commit suicide - in a highly original way"--Container.

When Amir learns that the woman who is to marry his younger brother Reza is having an affair with another man, he murders her to restore his family's good name. Considering the killing to be a matter of honor, Amir stoically goes to prison for 12 years where his fellow inmates regard him as a hero. But when he is released, he discovers that the Iran he knew has changed. Reza tells him that killing in the name of family pride has become regarded as...