DVDrip, res.720x384, Danish, English, farsi. english sub included.
A film by Katia Forbert Petersen and Annette Mari Olsen This unique documentary interweaves the story of the filmmaker, who grew up in Persia (Iran) with the history of the country from the 30s and onward to the Islamic Revolution, Katia’s parents were European. Her father was a Danish engineer and her Polish mother, a survivor from one of Stalin’s gulags. They met in Tehran in 1942 where her father engineered an ambitious railroad project, and her mother had found refuge.
Katia recalls the Tehran of her youth and adolescence as “the happiest place under the sun.” When the Shah was deposed, life changed for foreigners. Oil politics began to tear the world asunder and the Islamic Revolution erupted. Her memories are brought to life by archival footage and photographs.
After living in Denmark for her adult years, the filmmaker feels the need to revisit her birth place. She now has to don the chador as she walks the familiar streets speaking to whoever will talk to a foreigner.
She observes the powerlessness of women, the tyranny of religion, and the economic condition of the people. Through her eyes, one gains a better understanding of this closed and inaccessible country.
