Tears and Laughters

Tears and Laughters (1964)

A Lost Persian Film. Javad Shadi, who is in charge of a joy caravan, murders his wife Setareh because of her secret lifestyle and association with a vagrant and is sentenced to life imprisonment. He gives his daughter Roya to a traveling singer named Gholam Hossein. Javad is released after fifteen years and returns to his hometown of Rudbar. Gholam Hossein, who entrusts Roya to a wealthy family a year after Javad's imprisonment, gives Javad the address of Amir Afzal. Javad goes to Amir Afzal and his wife and agrees to give up his paternal rights in exchange for his daughter's happiness. Javad finds out that Jamshid Mehrdad, Roya's fiancé, is an unemployed young man with a wife and two children. Javad arranges for Roya to marry Kamran, Roya's music teacher; But Roya hurts Javad due to a misunderstanding, and Javad continues his life in anonymity. Kamran tells Roya the truth of the incident, and the two find Javad and bring him back home.

Director: Esmail Koushan

Casts

	Pooran as Setareh
	Javad Taghadosi as Javad Shadi
	Mohammad Ali Jafari as Kamran
	Jamshid Mehrdad as Jamshid Mehrdad
	Hosein Amirfazli as Amir Afzal
	Hamide Kheyrabadi as
	Abbas Montajem Shirazi as
	Gholam-Reza Sarkoob as
	Gholamhossein Bahmanyar as
	Simin as

Crew