The Yellow Curtain2017
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The Iranian revolution (from the late 1970's) is recalled through the lives of 3 men. Persian author, Gholamhossein Saedi, a fictional character, Mansour, and the filmmaker's own grandfather, who worked for the Shah.
An injustice most likely saved the life of the grandfather (who tells his own story). The filmmaker has vague memories of intellectual conversations through a yellow curtain pre-revolution.
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The Iranian revolution (from the late 1970's) is recalled through the lives of 3 men. Persian author, Gholamhossein Saedi, a fictional character, Mansour, and the filmmaker's own grandfather, who worked for the Shah.
An injustice most likely saved the life of the grandfather (who tells his own story). The filmmaker has vague memories of intellectual conversations through a yellow curtain pre-revolution.
Worthwhile if the viewer happens to be aware of prior circumstances, ie the Shah's (with a little help from his, and British Petroleum's, friends) removal of democratically elected Mossadegh in 1953–absent that, the film does nothing except perhaps reenforce the average westerner's misapprehensions .
Exactly. I won't watch it then, because of this omission. I was scrolling down to see if someone mentioned it and revealed whether it was in the film or not. Thank you.