Happy for No Reason (1974)

Original title

الكی خوش

Directed by

Esmaeil Poorsaeid

Genre

comedy, drama

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 49m

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.

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How it feels

A young woman named Maryam loses her father and then her inheritance and fiance due to a scheme by her uncle and cousin Nazi. The story follows her struggle to cope with these losses and find a way forward.

melodramaticemotionalfamily-driventragicresilientclassicdramaticdirect

What happens

الکی خوش فیلمی به کارگردانی اسماعیل پورسعید و نویسندگی احمد نجیب‌زاده محصول سال ۱۳۵۳ است. مریم (نوش آفرین) پس از مرگ پدرش با توطئهٔ عمو (علی اکبر مهدی‌فر) و دختر عمویش نازی (شهناز) ثروت پدری و نامزدش پرویز (امیرحسین خان شهری) را از دست می‌دهد… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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