“Santouri the Music Man,” a harrowing account of a greatly gifted artist’s slide into heroin addiction, is another sweeping yet incisive film from Dariush Mehrjui, one of Iran’s most accomplished and ...

A disenchanted observer of changing Iranian society, veteran helmer Dariush Mehrjui offers a morbidly engrossing look at a young santouri player caught up in the hell of heroin addiction in "The ...

Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui (The Cow, The Pear Tree) will premier his latest film Santouri. Originally approved by the Iranian authorities and shown at the government-sponsored Fajr ...

Banned in Iran, Santouri follows Ali (Bahram Radan), a popular singer-songwriter and player of the santoor (an ancient stringed instrument), as he spirals into heroin addiction and destroys his life ...

Demonstrating the old saw that film can bridge cultural differences and shows us what people around the globe have in common, Santouri the Music Man reveals that junkies are the same the world over, ...

It was a brilliant reality check showing the hyprocacy in Iran's society, from young ppl's hidden fun to Iran's strict government causing addiction among people by banning everything, including arts, ...

This raw and powerful film from award-winning Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui chronicles the emotional story of an accomplished and popular musician (Bahram Radan) whose life falls apart because of ...

Veteran Iranian filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui, a central figure in that country’s film new wave, cowrote and directed this raw, agonizing study of a talented musician’s descent into heroin addiction and ...

Check out the exclusive TV Guide movie review and see our movie rating for Santouri, the Music Man ...

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