Hello Cinema

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Hello cinema (Persian: Salaam Cinema) is a 1994 film by Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf.

Made in a fashion to resemble a documentary, the movie starts by showing a huge crowd of people gathering outside a studio. Makhmalbaf has put an advertisement in the papers, asking for 100 actors, and thousands have shown up. The movie goes on to show different people being auditioned and each explaining their reason for wanting to act in a film.