TORONTO — Golshifteh Farahani says her new movie can never been shown in Iran because of the theme — it’s about a Muslim woman revealing grievances about her marriage — and because of the fact that she is the star.
“Maybe if it was another actress ...” she begins, before saying, “No, no way. No way. There’s no way that they show it in a cinema.”
Farahani, 29, was the biggest star in Iran until she was banished from the country this year when she showed her breast in a French video. It was an ad promoting the Cesar Awards, and Farahani, who lives in Paris, was one of 30 young actors who took off an item of clothing to demonstrate how they bared their souls for their art. She slipped off the corner of her blouse.
The reaction was immediate: the Fars News Agency said the video showed the “hidden, disgusting face of cinema” and an official of the Islamic republic’s supreme court phoned her parents, who live in Tehran, and said her breasts would be cut off and given to them on a plate. » | Jay Stone, Postmedia News | Fridaay, September 14, 2012
