The Queen and I

The Queen and I

2008 · 90 min · ★ 4.8 · Documentary

Filmmaker and Iranian exile Nahid Persson talks with Queeen Farah, the widow of the late Shah of Iran, who also has been an Iranian exile since the Shah was overthrown in 1979. A meeting of two women who once belonged to opposite sides in Iran.

Directed by Nahid Persson Sarvestani · Written by Nahid Persson Sarvestani

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