---
title: 'Santouri (2007)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dariush Mehrjui'
released: '2007-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Iran'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/santouri-2007'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385277/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Santouri (2007)

2007 · 106 min · Drama · Iran


## Synopsis

Santouri with the previous name of Ali Santouri is a 2007 Iranian musical drama film directed by Dariush Mehrjui dealing with the life of a santour player named Ali Bolourchi. The film's title, "Santouri" refers to one who can play the santour instrument. In Persian "playing the Santour" is also the euphemism for injecting heroin into one's veins; thrashing, for instance, one's arm for causing the main artery of the arm to swell, in preparation for the injection, is reminiscent of playing the santour.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dariush Mehrjui](https://cinepixo.com/people/dariush-mehrjui)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mohsen Chavoshi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mohsen-chavoshi)

## Cast

- [Masoud Rayegan](https://cinepixo.com/people/masoud-rayegan)
- [Bahram Radan](https://cinepixo.com/people/bahram-radan)
- [Golshifteh Farahani](https://cinepixo.com/people/golshifteh-farahani)
- [Roya Teymourian](https://cinepixo.com/people/roya-teymourian)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/santouri-2007
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