Stronger Than a Bullet

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Stronger Than a Bullet
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StarringSaeid SadeghiShah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of IranRuhollah Khomeini
DirectorMaryam Ebrahimi
WritersMaryam Ebrahimi
NR 1 hr 15 minHistory, Documentary
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Plot
Iran, January 16th, 1979. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees after being overthrown. Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Tehran and proclaims the Islamic Republic on April 1st, 1979. In the same year, Saddam Hussein seizes power in Iraq and, after several border skirmishes, attacks Iran on September 22nd, 1980, initiating a cruel war that will last eight years. Since its outbreak, correspondent Saeid Sadeghi documented it from its beginning to its bitter end.

Movie Details

Movie Budget:$550,000
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Emelie Persson
Production Companies:Seconde Vague Productions, ARTE, Nima Film, SVT, TVO
Stronger Than a Bullet on the Web:Official Website
1980siraniraqreligious fundamentalismwar correspondentphotojournalismtraumatized mantrain traveliranian revolutionislamic revolution