Once Upon a Time, Cinema

The story

The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically transported back in time from the early twentieth century to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah in 19th century Iran. Captured by the Shah's guards, he shows films from the history of Iranian cinema to the Shah. The Shah is entranced and eagerly shows his family the apparently magical medium.

Cast & crew

Ezzatollah EntezamiNassereddin Shah

Mehdi HashemiAkkas bashi

Mohammadali KeshavarzFarrash bashi

Akbar AbdiMalijak

Dariush ArjmandAmir Kabir

Fatemeh Motamed-AryaGolnaar

Mahaya PetrossianSoboli

Parvaneh MassoumiAtieh

Jahangir ForouharCast

Morteza AhmadiCast

Saeed AmirsoleimaniCast