Comedy ·Drama · Iran · 1993 · 1h 28m

The Actor

هنرپیشه

Director

Cast

Akbar Abdi as Akbar Azita Hajian as Hamide Kheyrabadi as Fatemeh Motamed-Arya as Simin Mahaya Petrossian as Gipsy girl Mohammadreza Sharifinia as

Crew

Mohsen Makhmalbaf — Editor ghorban dardi taghanpour — Writer Abbas Randjbar — Producer

Synopsis

An Iranian actor named Akbar is trying to become a serious actor instead of the clown everyone considers him to be. However financial problems force him to abandon his dream of being an artistic actor. He also has to deal with his family problems and his wife's inability to become pregnant.

Key Collaborators

Mohsen Makhmalbaf Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf Editor ghorban dardi taghanpour Writer Abbas Randjbar Producer

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