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

Naser Malek Motiee
(archive footage)

Mohamad Ali Fardin
(archive footage)

Behrouz Vossoughi
(archive footage)
Ehsan Khoshbakht
Narrator

Pouri Banaei
(archive footage)
Amir Houshang Kavousi
Himself

Irene Zazians
(archive footage)

Googoosh
(archive footage)

Reza Beyk Imanverdi
(archive footage)

Forouzan
(archive footage)

Iraj Ghaderi
(archive footage)

Saeed Rad
(archive footage)
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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