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Salaam Cinema

Salaam Cinema

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Salaam Cinema

1995

1h 15m

6.8(45 votes)

Documentary

Drama

Comedy

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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10 featured cast members

Starring

Shaghayeh Djodat

Shaghayeh Djodat

Herself

Behzad Dorani

Behzad Dorani

Himself

Feizola Gashghai

Himself

Maryam Keyhan

Herself

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Himself

M.H. Mokhtarian

Himself

Kambiz Shabankare

Himself

Mirhadi Tayebi

Himself

Azadeh Zanganeh

Herself

Moharram Zaynalzadeh

Himself

Creative team

Directed by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Written by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Produced by: Abbas Randjbar

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