Freedom and Other Maladies

Genre :

Runtime : 53M

Director : Shirin Saghaie

Synopsis

Gholam-Hossein Saedi was an acclaimed Iranian author, playwright and screenwriter with an oeuvre that contains more than thirty publications. Freedom And Other Maladies depicts Saedi's restless passion and heartbroken demise based on letters that he wrote over the years as well as interviews with his close friends and associates. The documentary film focuses on the last four years of Saedi's life in Paris, at the peak of his suffering, painfully aware that he would die in exile.

Actors

Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi
Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi
himself (footage archive)
Reza Aghnami
Reza Aghnami
Bahman Amini
Bahman Amini
self
Ali Badri
Ali Badri
self
Mohammad Jalai Chimeh
Mohammad Jalai Chimeh
self
Hedayat Matin Daftari
Hedayat Matin Daftari
self
Soheila Ghassemlou
Soheila Ghassemlou
self
Manouchehr Hezarkhani
Manouchehr Hezarkhani
self
Nasser Pakdaman
Nasser Pakdaman
self

Crews

Shirin Saghaie
Shirin Saghaie
Director
Shirin Saghaie
Shirin Saghaie
Writer
Shirin Saghaie
Shirin Saghaie
Cinematography
Shirin Saghaie
Shirin Saghaie
Editor
Parvin Raki
Parvin Raki
Co-Producer
Parvin Raki
Parvin Raki
Editor
Bahman Saghaei
Bahman Saghaei
Co-Producer
Bahman Saghaei
Bahman Saghaei
Co-Writer
Parvin Raki
Parvin Raki
Co-Writer

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