Maryam's Report

Dr. Parsa and his daughter, Bahar, are on the way to Khoramshahr to set up a specialized hospital there. It seems their cold relationship is related to this journey. Reaching there, Bahar finds a diary of a girl at her age called Maryam which was written in the same day, 25 years ago; 2 days before the first day of schools, and also the start of Iran-Iraq war!
The girlish joy that Maryam describes in the first pages of the diary, the sudden invasion of enemies to their town, and finally her love story which is mentioned in the diary, motivates Bahar to continue reading it. Maryam was in love with a young intern who was working in the town's only clinic. Now Bahar thinks that the intern could be his father...

  • Esmael Barari
    Director
    City in the Hands of Children, The Nest, The Green Hell, The Devil's Dance, Dead Heat under the Shrubs, Day of Rain, The Twelve Seats
  • Mohammad Rezaei Rad
    Writer
  • Esmael Barari
    Producer
  • Faramarz Gharibian
    Key Cast
  • Niloofar Mohebbi
    Key Cast
  • Leyla Boushehri
    Key Cast
  • Reza Fayazi
    Key Cast
  • Alireza Osivand
    Key Cast
  • Atyeh Ghobeyshavi
    Key Cast
  • Sadra Hejazi
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    گزارش مریم
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    War/ Anti-War, Drama, Teen, Young Adults
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 40 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 20, 2016
  • Country of Origin:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Country of Filming:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Language:
    Persian
  • Shooting Format:
    35 mm, 16 mm
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Esmael Barari

Born in 1965 in the Caspian Sea port of Bandar Anzali, Esmael Barari graduated in filmmaking from Art University. In 1988, his short film, REACTION, won top prize at the first national students film festival of Tehran and the silver plaque at the 1989 Ebensee Festival of Nations. His other short films are NADER'S GIFT (1989) and LONELINESS AND THE CLOD (1990) which was presented in FIPA 91 and received The Golden Butterfly for the Best Film at 5th International Festival of Film and Video for Children and Young Adults. Up to now he has made more than twenty documentary, short film & TV series. In 1991, Barari directed his debut feature, CITY IN THE HANDS OF CHILDREN.

Feature Films:
1991- CITY IN THE HANDS OF CHILDREN;
1992- THE NEST (Banned);
1996- THE GREEN HELL;
2000- THE DEVIL'S DANCE;
2004- DEAD HEAT UNDER THE SHRUBS (Banned);
2007- DAY OF RAIN;
2012- THE TWELVE SEATS;
2006/2016- MARYAM'S REPORT

Now he is director of "World Iranian Film Center" and a member of "The Union of Iranian Cinema Producers" and artistic adviser of "ECO Cultural Institute" and a member of international jury of Valencia Film Festival-2007

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