Iran (1971)
1971 · Short film · 19 min · dir. Claude Lelouch
- Documentary
Synopsis
Claude Lelouch presents in his own vision of Iran. Between tradition and modernity, the movie reveals all the country's vision contrasts, under the very precise and aesthetic eye of Lelouch: veil and miniskirt, caviar and oil, ancestral Islamic art and the Shah of Iran.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Claude Lelouch
- Composer
- Francis Lai
- Cinematography
- Jean Collomb
- Released
- 1971-01-01
- Running time
- 19 minutes
Cast & crew
Claude Lelouch Director
سامان صادقی
Safaee
Mehdi Karami
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Swinging Teheran · Eva Vikstrom · 2008-05-08
London was swinging in the 60s and so was Teheran, according to this remarkable film by Claude Lelouch. The cinematography is discussed in the Details. I will focus on the propaganda aspect - this is one of the best propaganda films I have seen from that period. We learn nothing of land reforms and other reforms. The focus is on culture - heritage, modernity and (what soon would be named) Westernization. Past and present meet - veils and miniskirts, camels and helicopters, remains of ancient Persia, the highlights of Islamic art and the oil fields. The Shah looks good in white and Farah Diba…
★★★★★ · this film is... · slacker614 · 2012-07-22
this film is visual/musical poetry, in its fullest sense...it captures on film the sensations and experience of Iran...
