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Road of Dreams
Road of Dreams
Mona Rafatzadeh / Iran / 2009 / 17 min.
Iranian director Mona Rafatzadeh went onto the streets of Teheran with a camera to find out what people yearned for the most. From children's dreams of golden shoes, a miniature camera or a nest of magic wood, more realistic ambitions gradually emerge, such as a trip to Mecca, good health or enough money to pay off one's debts. With increasing frequency, however, she learns from her respondents how much they currently want to leave Iran. This briskly edited survey documentary with impressive music and footage from the streets of Teheran contains the opinions of people of all ages and social classes, and it paints an eloquent picture of contemporary Iranian society.
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