Naser-ed-din Shah

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This article is about the movie. For the Shah, see Nasser al-Din Shah.

Naser-ed-din Shah (Nasserddin Shah Actor-e Cinema, aka Once Upon a Time, Cinema) is a 1992 Iranian comedic film written and directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.

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[edit] Plot summary

Set in the Qajar era, the film follows the character known as the cinematographer (Mehdi Hashemi) as he shows films to the Shah (Ezzatolah Entezami). The film shows clips from older Iranian films from the silent age onwards. The Shah falls in love with an old film character, Golnaar (Fatemeh Motamed-Aria). After she leaves the movie, she appears in and enters the "real" world.

[edit] Awards

Naser-ed-din Shah won the Special Jury Prize from the Istanbul International Film Festival, as well as the Best Film prizes from the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and the Taormina Festival.

[edit] Reference

  1. Once Upon a Time, Cinema. Makhmalbaf Film house. Retrieved on April 28, 2006.

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