Hamoun

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Hamoun is a 1989 psychological drama film directed by Dariush Mehrjui. The film tells the story of a middle-class Iranian man — Hamid Hamoun, played by Khosrow Shakibai — and his struggle after his femme fatale wife, Mahshid, played by Bita Farrahi, demands a divorce from him. Hamoun has since gained a cult following in Iran. Due to its dream-like sequences and the treatment, Hamoun has been described as having a Federico Fellini touch. In 1997, Hamoun was voted the best Iranian film ever made in a poll by the respected Iranian journal Film Monthly of its readers and critics. The Cow by the same director had previously held that honor.

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