Barareh Nights
| Barareh Nights | |
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| Also known as | Shabhaye Barareh |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | Peyman Ghasem Khani |
| Directed by | Mehran Modiri |
| Starring |
Mehran Modiri Siamak Ansari Hadi Kazemi Saeid Pirdoost Mohammad Shiri Falamak Joneidi Fatemeh Hashemi Behnoosh Bakhtiari Shaghayegh Dehghan Mohammad Reza Hedayati Saed Hedayati Mokhtar Saeghi Vahid Mahin Doost Ali Kazemi Asghar Heidari Shaian Ahadifar Hasan Shokuhi Reza Shafiei Jam |
| Country of origin | Iran |
| Original language(s) | Farsi/Iranian/Persian |
| No. of episodes | 92 episodes |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Majid Aghagolian & Hamid Aghagolian |
| Location(s) | Tehran, Iran |
| Editor(s) | Javad Aslani |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company(s) | IRIB |
| Release | |
| Original network | IRIB TV 3 |
| Original release | Thursday 1 September – Thursday 1 December 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Great Award |
| Followed by | Mozaffar's Garden |
| Related shows | On Tiptoes |
Barareh Nights (Persian: شبهای برره) was a 2005 Iranian satire television series broadcast by the IRIB network. The series was finished after 92 episodes, even though the story of Barareh was not complete. It was aired every night at 8:00 p.m. Tehran time on Channel 3 in Iran. Repeats of the show were shown daily on IRIB 1 and IRIB 2 for those living out of the country. The show's last episode aired Thursday 1 December 2005. It was directed by Mehran Modiri.
The show is set in the fictional village of Barareh in the 1930s in Iran, during the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi, whose picture can be seen on the set. The village people have their own Persian dialect which humorously modifies the language. In addition to this, the Barareans also have certain customs and rituals which at times are comical, such as their method of eating chick peas—by slapping individual peas from palm into mouth. The village of Barareh is believed by many be a microcosm of Iran itself. The town is split along the lines of Upper and Lower Barareh, which allegedly mimics the difference between the classes in modern-day Iran. Events in the village, such as football ("darbid") matches, village council elections and marriage all also closely mirror today's Iran.
The show stars Mehran Modiri, as Shir Farhad, the son of Lower Barareh's khan, or leader. He lives with his sister, Saharnaz; mother, Shadoneh; and father, Salar Khan. The show begins when a journalist, Kiyanoosh, from Tehran is arrested for writing an article criticizing the government, escapes capture, and then is promptly bitten by a snake. Shir Farhad finds him collapsed and brings him to the village of Barareh, nurtures him to health, and gradually introduces him to the town and the other characters in the show, such as the families of Upper and Lower Barareh's Khans, as well as the flamboyant village poet, Bagoori, and village doctor. Later in the series, new characters such as the village gendarme and Upper Barareh's Khan's son and daughter, Keivoon and Leiloon, join the cast. Davooneh doesn't appear in this.
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