Celluloid Underground
MovieTitle | Celluloid Underground |
User score | 8 |
Release date | Oct 5, 2023 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Ehsan Khoshbakht |
Production country | Iran, United Kingdom |
Run time | 80 min. |
After the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, a boy grew up obsessed with all the movies he couldn't see. He met a mysterious film collector who saved thousands of films from destruction by the new regime. Despite arrest and torture, the collector refused to give up his secret hoard. Together they forged a friendship based on passion for cinema and resistance against tyranny. The boy escaped to exile in London to become a filmmaker, and tells their shared story of obsession and celluloid dreams.