| The Cycle | |
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| Directed by | Dariush Mehrjui |
| Written by | Dariush Mehrjui |
| Based on | The play "Aashghaal-duni" by Gholam-Hossein Saedi |
| Produced by | Parviz Sayyad Bahman Farmanara Malek-Sasan Veisi |
| Starring | Saeed Kangarani Ezzatollah Entezami Ali Nassirian Esmail Mohammadi Forouzan Bahman Forsi |
| Cinematography | Houshang Baharlou |
| Edited by | Talat Mirfendereski |
| Music by | Hormoz Farhat |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Iran |
| Language | Persian |
| Box office | Over 16 million rials |
The Cycle (Persian: دایرهٔ مینا, Dayereh-ye Mina, also Romanized as Dāyere-ye Minā) is a 1975 Iranian drama film directed and written by Dariush Mehrjui. It is about a young man who is trying to get money to pay for his ailing father's medical treatments and gets sucked into life on the margins of society, exploiting other poor and marginalized people for their blood. The film stars Saeed Kangarani, Ezzatollah Entezami, Ali Nassirian and Forouzan.
After years of being banned, the film was released in Iran on April 12, 1978. It was Iran's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards, the first year that Iran participated in the award.