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Once Upon a Time, Cinema is a iranien film of genre Comedy directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf released in USA on 1 january 1992 with Ezatollah Entezami
Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992)
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Add to a movie listOnce Upon a Time, Cinema (Persian: Nasseroddin Shah Actor-e Cinema i.e. Naser al-Din Shah, Movie Star) is a 1992 Iranian comedy fantasy film written and directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
The film includes clips from old Iranian films from the silent age onwards. Made in black-and-white (with a brief colour sequence), it parodies many of the conventions of silent slapstick comedy and early fantasy films.
Synopsis
The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer (Mehdi Hashemi), who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically transported back in time from the early twentieth century to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah in 19th century Iran. Captured by the Shah's guards, he shows films from the (future) history of Iranian cinema to the Shah (Ezzatolah Entezami). The Shah is entranced and eagerly shows his family the apparently magical medium.Actors
Ezatollah Entezami
Akbar Abdi
(Malijak)
Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz
(Farrash bashi)
Mehdi Hashemi
(Akkas bashi)
Fatemah Motamed-Aria
(Golnaar)
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