The Mare

The Mare (1986)

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.

Director: Ali Zhekan

Casts

	Susan Taslimi as Rezvaneh
	Hossein Mahjoub as Rahmat
	Firouz Behjat-Mohamadi as Ghodrat
	Ataollah Zahed as Nooragha
	Farhad Khanmohammadi as Aghbay
	Maliheh Nazari as Halimeh
	Mojilong Danespooy as Golbooteh
	Parvin Hazrati as Robabeh
	Parviz Shahinkhou as Bagher

Crew