Pretty Foe (1962)
- Directed by
- Esmail Koushan
- Country
- Iran
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young woman named Zari flees her hometown to avoid being forced into marriage with an older man. After struggling to survive in the city, she ends up working at a cabaret.
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What happens
Pretty Foe (Persian: اهریمن زیبا, romanized: Ahriman-e Ziba, lit. 'demonic and beautiful') is a 1963 Iranian Persian-genre romance drama film directed by Esmail Koushan. It starred Azar Hekmat Shoar, Ali Azad, Soheila (actress), Rahim Roshanian, Moezzdivan Fekri, Maliheh Nasiri, Akbar Jannati Shirazi, and Hossein Mohseni. After her father decides to marry her to an old man for the fourth time, Zari runs away from her hometown to the city, and after a few days of living in a house, she is dragged to the cabaret. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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