A captive warrior, Issa, who has long been thinking about various plans to escape from the camp, takes advantage of a golden opportunity and runs away from the camp immediately. A number of Ba'athist troops pursue him, but he continues steadfastly and boldly to flee while they are firing their...
Hossain Sabzian and some of his associates discuss his character, his life-long obsession with cinema and his attitude towards the film he starred in, "Close-Up" (1990).
Depicts contemporary Iran at a turning point in its history, exposing both an extreme fundamentalism being fostered by its leadership and the seeds for change in its youth culture.
Zinat, who experimentally provided health services to the villagers of Salakh on Qeshm Island, discovered the burqa to get well and wore a health uniform, and was one of the first women on the island to work outside the home. Zinat is the only native of the island who ran for the ten-seat council...
