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Nasser Taghvai
Writer 1941 - 2025

Nasser Taghvai

Iran

Naser Taghvai is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. Naser Taghvai was born in Abadan, Iran. After early experiences as a story writer, he began filming documentaries in 1967. He made his debut, Tranquility in the Presence of Others, in 1970 and gained the attention of... Read full bio →

Filmography

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4 titles
Kaghaz-e bikhat

Kaghaz-e bikhat

Nasser Taghvai 2002 1h 55m

Royaa, mother of two children, tries to follow her dream of becoming a writer, while her life and relationship with her shady architect husband Jahaan, gets into some serious drama; which leads to question if everything is really what it seems to be?

Nakhoda Khorshid

Nakhoda Khorshid

Nasser Taghvai 1987 1h 57m

Captain Khorshid is a sailor who although only having one hand, manages to sail his little boat. In his village, due to its hot climate and hard living conditions, dangerous criminals are sent into exile. They want to escape from the area, so they ask a middleman to strike a deal with Khorshid.

Daei Jan Napoleon

Daei Jan Napoleon

1976 1h 6.0

An uproarious adoption of a popular novel by Iraj Pezeshkzad set in and around the family compound in early 1940s Tehran, marvelously rich in personality and incident. The title character, so-called because of his constant invocation of the general, rules over a wonderfully complex extended family.

Aramesh dar Hozur Deegaran

Aramesh dar Hozur Deegaran

Nasser Taghvai 1972 1h 26m

An aging colonel retires, marries a provincial teacher, and moves to Tehran to be close to his two adult daughters. Instead of a peaceful reunion, he finds them living independent, urban lives he no longer recognizes. As the cultural and generational rift deepens, the family enters a tense, psychological spiral of alienation and emotional unrest.

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