Posted by hbaiat, at 12:19PM 10/21/06 : Farhadi's "Chaharshanbeh-Suri" wins Gold Hugo at Chicago filmfest
Note: "The people of Iran and the people of the United States need to know each other, and it's much better if this understanding is not through our politicians but through our artists," said 34-year-old director Asghar Farhadi, speaking through a translator. "The best way to avoid a crisis is to get to know each other (via cinema), because then the politicians have no power to do anything." tags: american
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· chicago filmfest
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