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Filmfarsi(2019)
Status: Released
Date: 2019-07-26
20%
1 Votes
Time: 1h 24m
Overview:
A found-footage essay, Filmfarsi salvages low budget thrillers and melodramas suppressed following the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Languages: German, Hindi, English, Persian.
Countries:
Iran,
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Distorto
Movie: Filmfarsi
Top 10 Billed Cast
Naser Malek Motiee
(archive footage)
Mohamad Ali Fardin
(archive footage)
Behrouz Vossoughi
(archive footage)
Pouri Banaei
(archive footage)
Irene Zazians
(archive footage)
Googoosh
(archive footage)
Reza Beyk Imanverdi
(archive footage)
Forouzan
(archive footage)
Video Trailer Filmfarsi
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Filmfarsi – trailer | IFFR 2020 - Trailer
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