The Mare poster

The Mare | Madian

Description: Noted Iranian actress Susan Taslimi plays an impoverished single mother who agees to marry off her 13-year-old daughter to a middle-aged man in return for a mare, which will help her earn an income and provide for her younger children. Director Ali Zhekan paints a stark picture of poverty and patriarchy in rural Iran (the mother stores her rice in a container hidden in a tree; her brother, who brokered the wedding, mercilessly beats the recalcitrant child), but this 1986 film is distinguished mostly by Taslimi's increasingly fiery performance as the mother decides to defend her daughter's freedom.

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Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 108 minutes

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Susan Taslimi

Played Rezvaneh

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Hossein Mahjoub

Played Rahmat

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Firouz Behjat-Mohamadi

Played Ghodrat

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Ataollah Zahed

Played Nooragha

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Farhad Khanmohammadi

Played Aghbay

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Maliheh Nazari

Played Halimeh

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Mojilong Danespooy

Played Golbooteh

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Parvin Hazrati

Played Robabeh

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Parviz Shahinkhou

Played Bagher

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