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Under Libra |
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In a plot familiar to
both the cinema and daily life in Iran, young people struggle to
reconcile progressive attitudes with strict religious traditions
of an older generation. Daniel is in love with fellow university
student Mahtab, but her father is campaigning for segregated classes
at the university. Daniel’s association with an ultra-religious
group and Mahtab’s sympathies with the reformists push the
couple further apart. After his love letter to Mahtab is made public,
the couple flees Tehran for the countryside, but their attempt to
return to the city is a nightmare through a dangerous wasteland.
BORN UNDER LIBRA, starring one of Iran’s most popular actors,
Mohammad Reza Farutan (Two Women) is a romantic drama of youthful
unrest and an allegory for Iran’s ongoing political turmoil.
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"...‘The
Rat Patrol’ as conceived by Samuel Beckett.”
Robert Koehler, Variety |
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Director: Ahmad Reza
Darvish
Iran, Color, 2000, 95 min. in Persian with English subtitle |
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USA - Our
Price: $14.95 |
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