TEHRAN – “The City of Mice 2”, “Ceasefire 2”, and “Track 143”, three movies produced by Iranian directors, were on top of the list of Iran’s most popular films of the year.
The list was announced during a ceremony held by the Cinema Organization of Iran at Tehran’s Eivan-e Shams Hall on Monday to honor the directors of the movies.
Marzied Brumand’s “The City of Mice 2”, a puppet show movie in the children genre, stands high on the top of the chart.
A sequel to her 1984 hit “The City of Mice”, the movie was warmly received by children, it also drew a large number of adult cinemagoers as well.
“Ceasefire 2” by Tamineh Milani was the second movie on the list.
“Ceasefire 2” is about the encounter of a young educated couple with their former family counselor after some years, during which the couple reviews their lives and some of the dramatic events that happened over the past years.
Narges Abyar’s acclaimed drama “Track 143” took the third place.
The film, which was widely acclaimed at the 32nd Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran earlier in February 2013, is about the great maternal sacrifice during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.
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