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Overview
After the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, a boy grew up obsessed with all the movies he couldn't see. He met a mysterious film collector who saved thousands of films from destruction by the new regime. Despite arrest and torture, the collector refused to give up his secret hoard. Together they forged a friendship based on passion for cinema and resistance against tyranny. The boy escaped to exile in London to become a filmmaker, and tells their shared story of obsession and celluloid dreams.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 5, 2023
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Persian
- Countries
- Iran, United Kingdom
- Production
- doc soc
- Director
- Ehsan Khoshbakht
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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