A Whale in the Bowl (2016)
A documentary about Hossein Monzavi (Persian: حسين منزوی) (23 September 1946 in Zanjan, Iran – 5 May 2004 in Tehran). Monzavi was a prominent Iranian poet, essayist, and translator who had great effects on Iranian literary mutating. Monzavi's reputation is in composing poems and his lyric poems are primarily in Persian, but he also has contributed to the Azerbaijani language.
Director: Naser Ghahremani
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Shaghayegh Farahani as Herself |
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Hossein Monzavi as Himself (archive footage) |
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Mohammadali Bahmani as Himself |
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Hafez Mousavi as Himself |
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Behzad Farahani as Himself |
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Bizhan Kamkar as Himself |
| Directing | Naser Ghahremani | Director |
| Editing | Mehdi Abbasi | Editor |
| Production | Hossein Najjari | Producer |
| Writing | Alireza Soltani | Writer |