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Salaam Cinema

1995 · 75 min

A lively, bittersweet behind-the-scenes look at ordinary people pouring their hopes into a chaotic audition, by turns funny and quietly moving.

Directed by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Genres: Documentary, Drama, Comedy
Starring: Shaghayeh Djodat, Behzad Dorani, Feizola Gashghai

Overview: Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to make a movie about the casting and the screen tests of the would-be actors.

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Directed by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Genres: Documentary, Drama, Comedy
Starring: Shaghayeh Djodat, Behzad Dorani, Feizola Gashghai

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
class
identity
ambition
media
Places: workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: mockumentary
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: documentary, drama, comedy
Directed by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Starring: Shaghayeh Djodat, Behzad Dorani, Feizola Gashghai, Maryam Keyhan, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, M.H. Mokhtarian, Kambiz Shabankare, Mirhadi Tayebi
Music: Shardad Rohani
Cinematography: Mahmoud Kalari
Runtime: 75 min
Country: Iran
Languages: Persian

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