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“Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves.”

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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There's an 800 kilometer border between Iran and Afghanistan.

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In many ways, it is very real, because I sat there for 9 days, and it was constantly happening, and that was the 9…

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If I make two films in a year, they'll be different. This is my style - I can't have just one way.

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Five years ago, Samira did not want to continue in the regular school system in Iran. To help her with her education, I set…

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The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan.

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When we began filming, these people had legs, but as we were filming, they had been injured and they were brought to the hospital…

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It was really bizarre, that Sabzian business. You know I had no interest in being photographed before this incident. But then not just Sabzian—many other people started pretending they were me! One of them actually got married while pretending he was me! My face became publicly recognizable soon after I decided to have a few photographs of me available in…

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I myself had to grow a longer beard and Afghan clothes. I was in danger of being kidnapped by smugglers, though I didn't know…

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I've heard about brothers making films, but I've never heard about whole families making films like this. We didn't intend to do it; it…

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From my films, you can at least learn about Iran, you can get a sense of the history and the society. But no such…

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From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don't think one can find any other time in one's life…

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A problem was the lack of cooperation of the Afghan community itself. The women, though living in Iran, were under cover and not willing…

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