Celluloid Underground
Ehsan Khoshbakht
- 2023
- Iran, Great-Britain
- Documentary / Biopic
- 1h20mn
- Original version with French subtitles
- Black and white with color
French premiere
A passionate Iranian cinephile, Ehsan Khoshbakht desperately searches for Iranian films forbidden and lost since the 1979 revolution. He meets Ahmad Jurghanian, a former projectionist who, under the islamist regime, risked his life to save and hide thousands of 35mm copies.