Ramin Bahrani – MRQE

Strangers

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Kaveh, a young man from America, walks the roads of southern Iran searching for Dehdari, his recently deceased and estranged father’s childhood home. He happens upon Abdul Reza, a thirty-year-old truck driver plagued by financial hardships and family responsibilities, who is fixing his truck by the side of the road. Kaveh hires Abdul as his guide, and together these two strangers embark on a three-day journey that leads them from a tiny village to an ancient graveyard and in search of a murderer. A journey of conflicts and juxtapositions that forces Kaveh deeper into the past, towards peace and forgiveness.

2nd Chance

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 1969, bankrupt pizzeria owner Richard Davis invented the modern-day bulletproof vest. To prove that it worked, he shot himself point-blank 192 times.

The White Tiger

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller.

99 Homes

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker who evicted him.

At Any Price

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Set in the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple wants his rebellious son Dean to help expand his familys farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected situation that threatens the family’s entire livelihood.

Plastic Bag

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A plastic bag, thrown out in the trash, attempts to find his way back to his owner and along the way discovers the world.

Goodbye Solo

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A man planning to commit suicide hires a taxi driver to take him to his jumping-off point.

Chop Shop

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Alejandro, a tough and ambitious Latino street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives and works in an auto-body repair shop in a sprawling junkyard on the outskirts of Queens, New York. In this chaotic world of adults, young Alejandro struggles to make a better life for himself and his 16-year-old sister, Isamar.

Man Push Cart

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Every night while the city sleeps, Ahmad, a former Pakistani rock star turned immigrant, drags his heavy cart along the streets of New York. And every morning, he sells coffee and donuts to a city he cannot call his own. One day, however, the pattern of this harsh existence is broken by a glimmer of hope for a better life.

Fahrenheit 451

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In an oppressive future, a ‘fireman’ whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.