简介：WhentheShah-eraMinistryofCultureaskedEbrahimGolestanforadocumentaryonIran’scrownjewels,theydidn’texpectanacidicindictmentoftheregime’spolitics.Previouslyreleasedonlyinadilutedversion,thisvanguardmasterpiececannowbeseenforthefirsttimeinitsunexpurgatedoriginalversion. EbrahimGOLESTAN(1922,Iran)grewupinawell-to-dofamily.Hefoundedhisownfilmstudio,GolestanFilms,in1957.AftermeetingthecontroversialIranianartistForughFarrokhzadherin1958,hebecameacloseassociatehers.Inspiredbyhertopursuehisownartisticvision,hebegandirectinghisownshortdocumentaries.In1965hereleasedhisfirstfeature,BRICKANDMIRROR.Hissecondfeature,THESECRETSOFTHETREASUREOFTHEFINNVALLEY(1974),wouldprovetobehislastfilm:GolestanleftIranin1975,settlingintheUnitedKingdomandfocusingcompletelyonhiswriting.…