A Whale in the Bowl (2016)

A documentary about Hossein Monzavi (Persian: حسين منزوی) (23 September 1946 in Zanjan, Iran – 5 May 2004 in Tehran). Monzavi was a prominent Iranian poet, essayist, and translator who had great effects on Iranian literary mutating. Monzavi's reputation is in composing poems and his lyric poems are primarily in Persian, but he also has contributed to the Azerbaijani language.

Cast (6)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Shaghayegh Farahani

Herself

H

Hossein Monzavi

Himself (archive footage)

M

Mohammadali Bahmani

Himself

H

Hafez Mousavi

Himself

Behzad Farahani

Himself

B

Bizhan Kamkar

Himself

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