
Filmfarsi
Documentary
Overview
A found-footage essay, Filmfarsi salvages low budget thrillers and melodramas suppressed following the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Top Cast


Naser Malek Motiee
Naser Malek Motiee
(archive footage)
Naser Malek Motiee
(archive footage)


Mohamad Ali Fardin
Mohamad Ali Fardin
(archive footage)
Mohamad Ali Fardin
(archive footage)


Behrouz Vossoughi
Behrouz Vossoughi
(archive footage)
Behrouz Vossoughi
(archive footage)
Ehsan Khoshbakht
Ehsan Khoshbakht
Narrator
Ehsan Khoshbakht
Narrator


Pouri Banaei
Pouri Banaei
(archive footage)
Pouri Banaei
(archive footage)
Amir Houshang Kavousi
Amir Houshang Kavousi
Himself
Amir Houshang Kavousi
Himself


Irene Zazians
Irene Zazians
(archive footage)
Irene Zazians
(archive footage)


Googoosh
Googoosh
(archive footage)
Googoosh
(archive footage)


Reza Beyk Imanverdi
Reza Beyk Imanverdi
(archive footage)
Reza Beyk Imanverdi
(archive footage)


Forouzan
Forouzan
(archive footage)
Forouzan
(archive footage)
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