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Isfahan

Hossein Torabi • 25m

اصفهان
Directed by Hossein Torabi • 1976 • Iran
City of Isfahan, the ancient Persian capital and its stunning architecture, arts and traditions are pictured in this documentary, while using the backdrop of then Iran in the last years of Shah and drive to modernize the country. Words and narrations by late Iranian poet Ahmad Shamloo.

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