Freedom and Other Maladies (2016)
Gholam-Hossein Saedi was an acclaimed Iranian author, playwright and screenwriter with an oeuvre that contains more than thirty publications. Freedom And Other Maladies depicts Saedi's restless passion and heartbroken demise based on letters that he wrote over the years as well as interviews with his close friends and associates. The documentary film focuses on the last four years of Saedi's life in Paris, at the peak of his suffering, painfully aware that he would die in exile.
Director: Shirin Saghaie
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Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi as himself (footage archive) |
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Reza Aghnami as |
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Bahman Amini as self |
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Ali Badri as self |
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Mohammad Jalai Chimeh as self |
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Hedayat Matin Daftari as self |
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Soheila Ghassemlou as self |
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Manouchehr Hezarkhani as self |
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Nasser Pakdaman as self |
| Directing | Shirin Saghaie | Director |
| Editing | Parvin Raki | Editor |
| Writing | Bahman Saghaei | Co-Writer |
| Crew | Shirin Saghaie | Cinematography |
| Writing | Parvin Raki | Co-Writer |
| Production | Parvin Raki | Co-Producer |
| Production | Bahman Saghaei | Co-Producer |
| Writing | Shirin Saghaie | Writer |
| Editing | Shirin Saghaie | Editor |
