International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

hejran

Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi, Iran, 1998

Synopsis

This documentary is called the story of the " Plights of Asian Immigrants". 'Hejran' reveals the plights of those immigrants who head for an unknown happy life, after leaving their homeland, members of families and their background. Reaching the new land with a new life, they find it quite different from what they imagined. The life of Iranians in Japan including simple workers, students, researchers and doctors have also been recorded in this documentary.

Credits

Director
Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi
Production
Elahe Taheri for Islamic Rep. of Iran Broadcasting

Selected for

Docs for Sale 1999

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Country of Production: Iran
Year production: 1998

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