The Cycle (Dayereh Mina) was kept in the shelves for 4 years and then it turned to be one of Mehrjui s most successful films abroad. Mehrjui was involved in the revolution and shot miles of reels of its daily events. He settled in France for a couple of years and he could just make a docu-fiction on life of the great French poet, Arthur Rimbaud. In return, he made The Lodgers (Ejareh Neshinha), which is still considered as the best comedy of Iranian cinema. Mehrjui's most popular film among the Iranians is Hamoon which was the most controversial film of 1990 and it marked Mehrjui's shift from social issues to a more personal cinema.
