WITH ALL MY RESPECT TO HM FARAH DIBA PAHLAVI AND THE PEOPLE OF IRAN
THANKS A MILLION TO NAHID PERSSON SARVESTANI FOR THE GREAT DOCUMENTARY - THE QUEEN AND I -
WISHING AND HOPING FOR A BETTER TOMORROW, FOR A FREE IRAN
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SINCERELY
RICHARD / FRANKFURT / GERMANY
THE DVD - THE QUEEN AND I - WILL BE AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.COM FROM THE 29TH OF JUNE 2010 ON
30 years after filmmaker Nahid Persson Sarvestani participated in the revolution to overthrow the Shah and the Monarchy regime in Iran, she finds herself still fascinated by the former queen whose fairytale life had intrigued her as a child. Disillusioned by the Islamic revolution that betrayed her trust and forced her into exile, Persson Sarvestani turns the focus to her new film to an unlikely subject: Queen Farah Pahlavi, wife of the former and late Shah of Iran. In the process of filming the antagonist of her revolutionary past for almost two years, Persson Sarvestani and her former enemy encounter frequent confrontations and revelations that evolve into an unforeseen journey of two women in exile, who have more in common than either of them could envision.
When Nahid Persson Sarvestani, an Iranian exile, set out to make a documentary about Empress Farah Pahlavi, the wife of the Shah of Iran, she expected to encounter her opposite. As a child, Persson Sarvestani had lived in dire poverty, watching Pahlavi s royal wedding as if it were a fairy tale. She joined the Communist faction of Khomeini s revolution that deposed the Shah when she was a teenager, sending him and his family volleying from country to country. When Khomeini betrayed his promise for democracy, imposing even more violent measures, Persson Sarvestani was forced to flee as well. 30 years later, she needs key questions answered and goes directly to the source. Surprisingly, Empress Farah welcomes her as a fellow refugee from their beloved homeland, granting unprecedented access. Over the next year and a half, Persson Sarvestani enters the queen s world, planning to challenge the shah s ideology; instead, she must rethink her own.
god bless farah diba pahlavi
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