The Cycle (1975)

Original title

دایره مینا

Directed by

Dariush Mehrjui

Genre

drama film

Country

Iran

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man tries to get money for his father's medical treatment. He becomes involved in exploiting other poor people for their blood.

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What happens

The Cycle (Persian: دایرهٔ مینا, Dayereh-ye Mina, also Romanized as Dāyere-ye Minā) is a 1975 Iranian drama film directed and written by Dariush Mehrjui. It is about a young man who is trying to get money to pay for his ailing father's medical treatments and gets sucked into life on the margins of society, exploiting other poor and marginalized people for their blood. The film stars Saeed Kangarani, Ezzatollah Entezami, Ali Nassirian and Forouzan. After years of being banned, the film was released in Iran on April 12, 1978. It was Iran's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards, the first year Iran participated in the competition, and the country's first and only submission from the Shah era before the 1979 Iranian Revolution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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