# Shirin (2008) — on MUBI?

- **Director:** Abbas Kiarostami
- **Cast:** Taraneh Alidoosti, Golshifteh Farahani, Juliette Binoche, Leila Hatami, Zar Amir Ebrahimi
- **Genres:** Avant-Garde, Drama
- **Runtime:** 91 min
- **MUBI rating:** 7.5/10 (933 ratings)

_Not currently on MUBI (left the catalog)._

## Synopsis
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle East -- remains invisible to the viewer of the film, the whole story is told by the faces of the women watching the show.

Watch on MUBI: https://mubi.com/films/shirin

Page: https://mubimap.com/film/shirin/ · Data: MUBI catalog (42 countries) + TMDB · Updated 2026-09-10