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Through five portraits of relatives and mentors, five expressions of resistance, director Pegah Ahangarani sketches her life story. Drawing from personal archives, home videos, street protests footage, newspapers, and recorded voices, she retraces more than 40 years of Iran’s history. From the early days of 1979, until the war that began in 2026, she pieces together intimate and collective memories, forming the portrait of a country shaped by political repression and in constant hope for a revolution. Winner of the best documentary award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Pegah Ahangarani
Pegah Ahangarani
Arash Ashtiani
Neda Mohseni
Anna Andreu
Kaveh Farnam, Adrià Monés
Parnian Farnam, Pegah Ahangarani, Arash Ashtiani
Media Nest, Fasten Films
Sony Pictures
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