Iran, January 16th, 1979. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees after being overthrown. Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Tehran and proclaims the Islamic Republic on April 1st, 1979. In the same year, Saddam Hussein seizes power in Iraq and, after several border skirmishes, attacks Iran on September 22nd, 1980, initiating a cruel war that will last eight years. Since its outbreak, correspondent Saeid Sadeghi documented it from its beginning to its bitter end.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Seconde Vague Productions, ARTE, Nima Film, SVT
Keywords
- war correspondent
- iraq
- religious war
- iran
- religious fundamentalism
- photojournalism
- train travel
- 1980s
- iranian revolution
- traumatized man
- islamic revolution
- iran-iraq war
- sunni islam
- shia islam
- shiism
Links
Top Cast
Saeid Sadeghi as Self - War Correspondent
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeini as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Saddam Hussein as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Top Crew
Maryam Ebrahimi · Director, Writer
Jesper Osmund · Writer, Editor
Stefan Levin · Composer
Zare Zahraie · Cinematographer
Sébastien Saadoun · Cinematographer
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