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Celluloid Underground
2023 | B/N | 81:00

After the Iranian Revolution, a movie collector in Tehran hid thousands of films to prevent their destruction by the new Islamic regime. Despite arrest and torture, he refused to give up his secret. His story of resistance is told by the boy who became his partner in crime, recollecting the episode years later from exile in London. A moving and inspiring autobiography about the subversive power of celluloid dreams.


Country: Reino Unido
Direction: Khoshbakht; Ehsan
Script: Khoshbakht; Ehsan
Production: Bell; Mary, Dawtrey; Adam
Participation year at FICM: 2023

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