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Release Year1964
Runtime1h 38m
LanguagePersian
CertificationNR
Genres—
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DirectorEsmail Koushan
WritersAhmad Najibzadeh
TypeFeature Film
Rating0.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsTears and Laughters
About Tears and Laughters
A Lost Persian Film. Javad Shadi, who is in charge of a joy caravan, murders his wife Setareh because of her secret lifestyle and association with a vagrant and is sentenced to life imprisonment. He gives his daughter Roya to a traveling singer named Gholam Hossein. Javad is released after fifteen years and returns to his hometown of Rudbar. Gholam Hossein, who entrusts Roya to a wealthy family a year after Javad's imprisonment, gives Javad the address of Amir Afzal. Javad goes to Amir Afzal and his wife and agrees to give up his paternal rights in exchange for his daughter's happiness. Javad finds out that Jamshid Mehrdad, Roya's fiancé, is an unemployed young man with a wife and two children. Javad arranges for Roya to marry Kamran, Roya's music teacher; But Roya hurts Javad due to a misunderstanding, and Javad continues his life in anonymity. Kamran tells Roya the truth of the incident, and the two find Javad and bring him back home.
Directed by Esmail Koushan, Tears and Laughters leans on a strong ensemble — Pooran, Javad Taghadosi, Mohammad Ali Jafari — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1964.
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