Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measures in the United Kingdom. Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution in Iran. Pope John Paul II's visit to Poland. Saddam Hussein's rise to power in Iraq. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The nuclear accident at the Harrisburg power plant and the birth of ecological activism. The year 1979, the beginning of the future.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- K2 Productions, OutreMer Film, RBB, Telewizja Polska
Keywords
- cold war
- 1970s
- feminism
- street riots
- iran
- poland
- united kingdom
- economic crisis
- communist china
- ecologism
- islamic revolution
Links
Top Cast
Haideh Daragahi as Self - Literature Professor (1979)
Shahin Nawai as Self - Biologist (1979)
Chahla Chafiq as Self - Student (1979)
Chris Niedenthal as Self - Photojournalist (1979)
Leszek Balcerowicz as Self - Economist (1979)
Stanisław Ciosek as Self - Politician (1979)
Alfred Wierzbicki as Self - Student (1979)
Hanna Suchocka as Self - Jurist (1979)
Top Crew
Dirk van den Berg · Director, Writer
Pascal Verroust · Director, Writer
Frédéric Vidal · Editor
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