A director and he also wrote the story the film is set in 1979 and tells the story of the married couple and shes a chemist in east germany hes an iranian dissident who fled to east berlin back you know never got fired. When the shah leaves iran they decide to move back to only its homeland along with their daughter sara. But the in this show euphoria is soon turns into disillusionment as radical clerics gain political power and finally turn iran into an Islamic Republic. That development has dramatic consequences for the family was same poor safety and his family fled the Islamic Republic when he was 9 years old and settled and west germany his childhood memories have influenced the movie which is also based on a true story. For the director the film is also a call for freedom and human rights 40 years after the rain revolution thats a message that couldnt be more topical. And the director and roger also in full safety joins me now thank you very much could be multiple for call it men
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