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Publicity Listings:
2 Biographical Movies
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1 Print Biography
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4 Interviews
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6 Articles
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Alternate Names:
Abbas Kiorastamu
Height:
5' 9" (1.75 m)
Spouse:
Parvin Amir-Gholi
(divorced)
(2 children)
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Personal Quote:
The Iranian government as a whole has no relationship with my films. They're not particularly interested, perhaps this kind of cinema is not very interesting to them. And I'm not sure that my films show the reality of life in Iran; we show different aspects of life. Iran is a very extensive and expansive place, and sometimes, even for us who live there, some of the realities are very hard to ...
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Trivia:
On 9 March 2010 published an open letter in a Tehran newspaper, calling for the release of two directors, detained by the authorities on 1 March 2010. "
Jafar Panahi and
Mohammad Rasoulof are two filmmakers of the Iranian independent cinema, a cinema that for the past quarter of a century has served as an essential cultural element in expanding the name of this country across the globe. They ...
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Trademark:
Inviting audience to take part in the narrative
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