In France in the late 1970s, Alain Ughetto meets Jamine, a young Iranian
woman who is desperately concerned about her people's future as the Islamic
Revolution starts to get under way. Since the Shah was driven from
power, Iran has fallen under the influence of its most prominent religious
leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini. Now, the country is in the grip of
a violent transition, in which the freedoms of the past are rapidly disappearing
as religious fundamentalism of the most severe kind begins to assert its
authority. Alain's love for Jamine is about to radically transform
his life and draw him into one of the most dramatic events to take place
in the Middle East during the 20th century. This quest for freedom
is an adventure filled with improbable excursions, and naturally it can only
be told through the medium of animated modelling clay...
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.
In the 1920s French cinema was at its most varied and stylish - witness the achievements of Abel Gance, Marcel L'Herbier, Jean Epstein and Jacques Feyder.