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 |
| Editing | Davoud Yusefian | Editor |
| Art | Zhila Mehrjui | Production Design |
| Directing | Mohsen Abdolvahab | Director |
| Production | Abolghasem Hoseini | Production Manager |
| Writing | Mohsen Abdolvahab | Screenplay |
| Sound | Mohammadreza Aligholi | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Saeed Sa'di | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mehrdad Mirkiani | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Mohammad Reza Delpak | Sound |
| Camera | Morteza Poursamadi | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zhila Mehrjui | Costume Design |
| Writing | Rakhshan Banietemad | Screenplay |
| Production | Jahangir Kosari | Executive Producer |
| Art | Javad Khamisinejad | Production Design |
| Sound | Yadollah Najafi | Sound |
| Writing | Farid Mostafavi | Screenplay |
| Sound | Amir-Hossein Ghasemi | Sound |
