Once Upon a Time, Cinema

Overview

The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically transported back in time from the early twentieth century to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah in 19th century Iran. Captured by the Shah's guards, he shows films from the history of Iranian cinema to the Shah. The Shah is entranced and eagerly shows his family the apparently magical medium.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 1, 1992

Original language

Persian

Spoken languages

Persian

Countries

Iran

Production

Facets Multimedia Distribution,Jozan Film

Cast

Saeed Amirsoleimani,Mohammadali Keshavarz,Mehdi Hashemi,Fatemeh Motamed-Arya,Morteza Ahmadi,Akbar Abdi,Parvaneh Massoumi,Dariush Arjmand,Ezzatollah Entezami,Mahaya Petrossianand 1 more

Director

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Writer

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Producer

Masoud Jafari Jozani,Mohammadmehdi Dadgoo

Cinematography

Nemat Haghighi,Faraj Heydari

Music

Majid Entezami

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0104974