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Iran's Cinematic Spring

2012; University of Pennsylvania Press; Volume: 59; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/dss.2012.0029

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Godfrey Cheshire,

Turkey's Politics and Society

In December of 2011, I hosted a preview showing in New Jersey of Asghar Farhadi's A Separation for an audience of approximately four hundred film-savvy professionals and retirees, predominantly Jewish. Before the show, I asked how many had ever seen an Iranian film; only a few hands went up. Two hours later, the audience overwhelmingly voted it the best film they'd seen in the season.