"Caught, Between the Past and the Present"
During the uprising to overthrow the Shah's regime in Iran, protestors set fire to movie theatres to protest Western culture. Forty years later, four people decide to re-create the past by burning down a theatre.
Babak Karimi
Mohsen
Razieh Mansouri
Elham
Abolfazl Kahani
Takbali
Siavash Cheraghipour
Ali
Mohammad Sareban
Faraj
Behzad Dorani
Fallah
Elaheh Bakhshi
Negar
Adel Yaraghi
Majid
Mahmoud Behraznia
Yadollah
During the uprising to overthrow the Shah's regime in Iran, protestors set fire to movie theatres to protest Western culture. Forty years later, four people decide to re-create the past by burning down a theatre.
In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).
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