Liberation (2009)
21m
Running Time
July 26, 2009Release Date
Liberation (2009)
21m
Running Time
July 26, 2009Release Date
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Plot.
In 1979, the Shah of Iran was overthrown by the country's Islamic Revolution. Forced into exile, he settled in an isolated mansion in Cuernevaca, Mexico and watched as his empire collapsed on television. A powerful examination of dictatorship and its psychological effects on a man, LIBERATION explores a key turning point in Middle-East History and the origins of the Iran we know today.
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Cast & Crew.
Steven T. Bartlett
BBC Cameraman
Aladine Naamou
Imperial Guard
Navid Negahban
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Christian Reeve
Imperial bodyguard 2
Shila Ommi
Farah Diba Pahlavi
Michael Younesi
Director
Michael Saad
General Fardoust
Justin Younesi
Writer
Details.
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Wiki.
Liberation is a 2009 docudrama about the Shah of Iran. Centered on his exile in Cuernavaca, Mexico, the film features actual archival footage from the Iranian Revolution of 1979 as well the Shah's interview with David Frost.
The film was released in 2009 by Seventh Art Releasing and played preceding the documentary The Queen and I. At its 2011 screening at the Noor Iranian Film Festival, star Navid Negahban won Best Actor.
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