Synopsis
قصه ها
Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class society.
The 2013–2015 Other Asia Window
Tales holds position #9 of 52 Other Asia films in the 2013–2015 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Other Asia, 226 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Tales premiered alongside 15 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 15 other Other Asia films in 2014.
The 324th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
15 audience reviews — more than 43% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 16th percentile among Other Asia films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #143 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (74th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #107 of 356 (top 30%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Iran |
| Original Language | Persian |
| Production Companies | Iran Novin Film, Kanoon Iran Novin |
| Runtime | 1h 28m |
| Release Date | February 1, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt3526482 |







