Superstar (in Persian: سوپر استار) is an Iranian film directed and written by Tahmineh Milani, produced in 2008 in Iran.
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Plot
Kourosh Zand (Shahab Hosseini), a spoiled Iranian screen idol, meets Raha Azimi (Fataneh Malek-Mohammadi), a teenage girl who claims to be his daughter. She moves in with him, disrupting his privileged lifestyle.
Cast
Shahab Hosseini - Kourosh Zand
Nasrin Moghanloo - Shahla
Fataneh Malek Mohammadi - Raha Azimi
Sara Khoeiniha - Director's wife
Elsa Firouz Azar - Sarah
Reza Rashidpour - Kourosh' colleague
Mohammad Reza Sharifinia - Director
Narges Mohammadi - Stage Secretary
Fariba Kosari - Mother of Kourosh
Leila Zare
Afsaneh Bayegan
Tina Taherizadeh - Beggar child
Reception
Reviewers have compared Superstar unfavourably to Milani's previous films, with Chicago Reader reviewer J R Jones stating "Milani is best known for films exposing the plight of women in the Islamic republic [...] Any such themes are downplayed in this sentimental story", and in the Los Angeles Times, Gary Goldstein says that "Tahmineh Milani is considered one of Iran's most accomplished filmmakers, but you wouldn't necessarily glean that from her disappointing drama: Superstar".
However, LA Weekly reviewer Tim Grierson notes that "at least Superstar exhibits a tender, intelligent sweetness, which helps to temper the utter conventionality and more melodramatic moments".