A mother's courage, hardship, and love, in times of war. In 1988, during the Iran-Iraq war, Gilane escorts her pregnant daughter, Maygol, from the relative calm of their village, Espili, into war-torn Tehran to search for Maygol's husband, Rahman. The journey is arduous and what they find when they reach the capital is dismaying and frightening. Fifteen years later, as another war begins in Iraq, Gillane is at home caring for her son Ismael, who suffers from epilepsy, a byproduct of war. As she cares for him, she hopes for a visit from the doctor and from another daughter, Atefah. "Better be a dog than a mother," she says.
Unfortunately the movie Gilaneh is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Rakhshan Banietemad | Director |
| Directing | Mohsen Abdolvahab | Director |
| Writing | Mohsen Abdolvahab | Screenplay |
| Writing | Rakhshan Banietemad | Screenplay |
| Writing | Farid Mostafavi | Screenplay |
| Production | Jahangir Kosari | Executive Producer |
| Production | Saeed Sa'di | Producer |
| Sound | Mohammadreza Aligholi | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Morteza Poursamadi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Davoud Yusefian | Editor |
| Art | Javad Khamisinejad | Production Design |
| Art | Zhila Mehrjui | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zhila Mehrjui | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mehrdad Mirkiani | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Abolghasem Hoseini | Production Manager |
| Sound | Mohammad Reza Delpak | Sound |
| Sound | Amir-Hossein Ghasemi | Sound |
| Sound | Yadollah Najafi | Sound |
