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Iran - sous le voile des apparences (2002)
Spectacular documentary film
Breathtaking look at the revolution happening within the Revolution in Iran. From mass rallies chanting an ayatollah's name (with memories of similar rallies in Europe not so long ago) to the candid and heartfelt views on love of a young couple in the mountains overlooking Teheran (where the revolution's censors' prying eyes don't reach), a visually and emotionally stunning piece of film. I attended a viewing with an Iranian, and she confessed to being amazed at the views of the inner sanctums of Iranian life: pilgrims at Khomeini's grave kissing his tomb, weeping religious zealots at a religious poetry reading, actors, men and women mixed, training (clandestinely it seemed) for a stage play...a glimpse at the pulsing, and possibly changing, heart of a nation.