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Cast

Ezzatollah Entezami

Ezzatollah Entezami

Nassereddin Shah

Mehdi Hashemi

Mehdi Hashemi

Akkas bashi

Mohammadali Keshavarz

Mohammadali Keshavarz

Farrash bashi

Akbar Abdi

Akbar Abdi

Malijak

Dariush Arjmand

Dariush Arjmand

Amir Kabir

Fatemeh Motamed-Arya

Fatemeh Motamed-Arya

Golnaar

Mahaya Petrossian

Mahaya Petrossian

Soboli

Parvaneh Massoumi

Parvaneh Massoumi

Atieh

Jahangir Forouhar

Jahangir Forouhar

Morteza Ahmadi

Morteza Ahmadi

Saeed Amirsoleimani

Saeed Amirsoleimani

Crew

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Director

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Writer

Mohammadmehdi Dadgoo

Mohammadmehdi Dadgoo

Producer

Masoud Jafari Jozani

Masoud Jafari Jozani

Producer

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Editor

Davoud Yusefian

Editor

Hassan Farsi

Production Design

Hassan Farsi

Costume Design

Ahmad Asgari

Sound Designer

Iraj Taghipoor

Visual Effects Supervisor

Majid Entezami

Majid Entezami

Original Music Composer

Faraj Heydari

Faraj Heydari

Director of Photography

Nemat Haghighi

Nemat Haghighi

Director of Photography

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Once Upon a Time, Cinema

19926.3 / 1092 min

Fantasy, History, Comedy

Overview

The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically transported back in time from the early twentieth century to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah in 19th century Iran. Captured by the Shah's guards, he shows films from the history of Iranian cinema to the Shah. The Shah is entranced and eagerly shows his family the apparently magical medium.